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The KK 62 uses the intermediate Soviet 7.62×39mm M43 cartridge, which can be interchanged with any FDF standard assault rifles (from RK 62 to RK 95 TP). The major drawbacks are the lack of a quick-change barrel and sensitivity to dirt and humidity—the KK 62 requires much more care in a combat environment than most FDF assault rifles.
Purchased in late 1950s and early 1960s to introduce the Kalashnikov type assault rifle to FDF use before sufficient amount of RK 62 were produced. Now in long-term storage. Some were also included in the arms purchases from ex-DDR stocks, in the form of MPi-K (Soviet-made AK-47, also named RK 54 in Finnish service) and MPi-KmS (GDR-made AKS-47 ...
The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men and 80 battalions each equipped with 36 self-propelled tank destroyers or towed guns. The first US tank destroyer was a 75 mm gun on a half-track chassis M10 tank destroyer. Only a few shots were expected to be fired from any firing position. Strong reconnaissance elements were ...
A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944. Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed. [6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army. [7]
The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German use of massed formations of armored vehicles units early in WWII. The tank destroyer concept envisioned the battalions acting as independent units that would respond at high speed to large enemy tank attacks. In this role, they would be attached in groups or brigades to corps or ...
M36 tank destroyer; T. T28 super-heavy tank; T40/M9 tank destroyer; T55E1 gun motor carriage; W. M10 tank destroyer
The Type 60 was designed for ambush attacks against enemy tanks, and mounting four weapons gave the vehicle a rather high profile. A third series of three heavier prototypes was built by Komatsu as SS4, with a more powerful engine, a new transmission and clutch and a two-speed auxiliary transmission. They were accepted into service in September ...
The first models of the tank destroyer were tested by the US Army's 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The unit had originally been trained on the M3 Gun Motor Carriage (a 75 mm gun installed in the bed of an M3 half-track). Despite its T70 prototypes requiring several improvements, the 704th had a "superlative" testing record, and the unit was ...