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Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill.
Ontos M50A1 with six 105 mm M40A1 recoilless rifles. 297 M50 "Ontos" were built as self-propelled light armored tracked anti-tank vehicles. [21] They had six 105 mm M40 recoilless rifles as their main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against a single target to guarantee a kill.
The 105mm howitzer round was not the only artillery piece provided with APERS-T. Beehive rounds were also created for recoilless anti-tank weapons: the 90 mm and 106 mm mounted on the M50 Ontos. [4] APERS-T rounds were available for 90mm gun on M48 tanks and the 152mm gun on the M551 Sheridan armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle ...
The Marine Corps initiated the Mobile Protected Weapon System (MPWS) program. In 1983, the Naval Surface Weapons Research Center Laboratory mounted a 105 mm caliber gun onto a Sheridan chassis. The Army initiated the Mobile Protected Gun program, and announced plans to modify Sheridans with 105 mm or 120 mm caliber guns. Neither program was ...
At least two prototypes (one being either an IHC M5 or M9 half-track and the other a Bren carrier) were fitted with a six-cannon mount each, similar to that of the US-made M50 Ontos. Between 1977 and 1978, on the eve of Operation Soberanía , many carriers and half-tracks were converted to self-propelled guns by having a single Model 1968 ...
The USMC used the M50 Ontos, which had an armored cabin and was armed with recoilless rifles, in a similar role (the running gear of the first Ontos prototype was the same as on the M56, but it was replaced for the production variant). As for foreign operators, Morocco was the only export customer which used M56 Scorpions in actual combat.
US Marines with a 106 mm M40 recoilless rifle, during the Battle of Huế. A spotting rifle or ranging gun is a small-calibre rifle used as a ranging device for artillery.The ballistics of the spotting rifle are matched to those of the artillery piece, [1] so that if a shot from the spotting rifle lands on the target, it may be assumed that the main weapon will also do so.
The M-51's 105 mm gun could penetrate these adversaries using HEAT ammunition. The M-51 served well during its time, and is regarded as an excellent example of how an obsolete tank (the Sherman) can be upgraded beyond the limits of its original capabilities. [12] M-50 Super Sherman at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.