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Casemate-mounted 5"/50 caliber gun on the USS North Dakota. A casemate is an armoured structure consisting of a static primary surface incorporating a limited-traverse gun mount: typically, this takes the form of either a gun mounted through a fixed armour plate (typically seen on tank destroyers and assault guns) or a mount consisting of a partial cylinder of armour "sandwiched" between ...
A coaxial weapon mount places two weapons on roughly the same axis – as the weapons are usually side-by-side or one on top of the other, and thus oriented in parallel directions – they are technically par-axial rather than coaxial, however the distances involved mean that they are effectively coaxial as far as the operator is concerned.
The weapon was originally intended as a replacement for the coaxial weapon in the American M60 tank. The weapon was evaluated by both the US Army and the US Naval weapon center, who reported that the performance of the weapon was outstanding during all phases of testing. [2] However, neither chose to adopt the weapon.
The resulting combination of the M54 mount with the M3A1 half-track chassis was designated the M15A1 CGMC. [12] A total of 1,052 were produced in 1943, and a further 600 in 1944. [17] [18] 100 M15s were shipped to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease policy. [19] Both the M42 mount and M15 CGMC were classified as obsolete in August 1946. [20]
Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia's economy as part of measures to bolster Kyiv's war effort before Donald Trump takes office.
Netflix's Christmas Day NFL doubleheader, featuring the Kansas Chiefs' win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens' blowout of the Houston Texans, brought in an estimated 65 million ...
The latter evolved into the Scarff ring, a rotating ring mount which allowed the gun to be turned to any direction with the gunner remaining directly behind it, the weapon held in an intermediate elevation by bungee cord, a simple and effective mounting for single weapons such as the Lewis Gun though less handy when twin mounted as with the ...
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