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The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II.The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor, and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3.
As a tank gun it was the main weapon of the M36 tank destroyer and M26 Pershing tank, as well as a number of post-war tanks like the M56 Scorpion. It was also briefly deployed from 1943–1946 as a coast defense weapon with the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Each gun cost roughly $50,000 to make in 1940 and utilized up to 30 separate ...
Weapon Image Origin Number Notes Anti-aircraft artillery Thales Rapid Ranger France 1 battery (3x4 launchers) on order : The Army signed a contract in October 2024 for the acquisition of new RapidRanger anti-aircraft systems mounted on three URO VAMTAC ST5 armored vehicles, as well as one ground Master 200 3D radar, starstreak and LMM missiles and two weapons terminals.
The driver is seated conventionally front-left with the Perkins diesel powerpack [4] to his right and the troop compartment extending up to the rear of the vehicle. [1] The gearbox is a semi-automatic Clark 13.1 HR 28422, with four forward and two reverse gears. [4] This is combined with a transfer box which allows to go from 4 x 4 to 4 x 2. [4]
The Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 (Pvpj 1110), is a Swedish 90 mm recoilless gun also widely known as Pv-1110 or the "Stovepipe" (Kaminrör). It entered service in the early 1960s and was phased out of service in the Swedish Army in the late 1990s after 1,600 had been produced.
The Anoa is a 6x6 armoured personnel carrier developed by PT Pindad of Indonesia. The vehicle is named after the Anoa, which is a type of buffalo indigenous to Indonesia.The prototype was first unveiled at the 61st anniversary of TNI on October 5, 2006, in TNI HQ at Cilangkap, east of capital Jakarta.
Stirrup hanged from the corresponding stirrup strap. A stirrup strap or stirrup leather is a piece of leather or other material, that, attached to the saddle, holds the stirrup at its lower end. Each saddle has two stirrups and two stirrup straps. The upper end of the stirrup strap is attached to the saddle and the lower end attached to the ...
Early in development the Heer settled on the concept of the tank having a commander who was in radio communication with his superiors. Thus the basic design of the main battle tanks called for a larger turret that would house the tank commander, gunner and loader, while a driver and a machine gunner were down in the hull.