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This meant that the artillery could quickly move albeit with some loss of traverse. The basis of the Deacon Gun Carrier was an AEC Matador truck chassis. A 6-pounder gun with enclosed armoured shield was mounted on the flat bed at the rear of the chassis. The gunner and loader operated the gun from behind the shield.
The Geschützwagen Tiger (G.W. Tiger) was a German self-propelled gun carrier of World War II that never saw service.. It would have been able to carry either the 17cm Kanone K72 (Sf) or the short barrelled 21cm Mörser 18/1 which had the same mounting; with the former it would be known as Grille 17, the latter Grille 21.
Variant of the Artillery Gun Module that can shoot in movement. ATI "Artillery Truck Interface" Rheinmetall Germany 155 mm L/52, or L/60: 10×10 truck: Rheinmetall HX3; Protorype 2021 — — — L/60 gun in development, and system as well. [43] [44] IFG Mk2 SPH "Indian Field Gun" Tata Power SED / OFB India 105 mm L/37. 6×6 truck Demonstrator ...
The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon" introduced in 1942 in the Desert War was a more sophisticated successor to the portée. The 6-pounder gun was mounted within a three-sided and roofed armoured shield on a turntable on the back of an armoured AEC Matador chassis. [ 11 ]
The Slovak Defence Ministry announced its interest for the acquisition of 180 JLTV in the M1278A1 Heavy Gun Carrier variant in March 2023, using a grant of €200 million from the United States. In May 2023, the US State Department approved the sale of up to 192 vehicles for USD $250 million.
The Rangers have three main types of RSOV, the weapons carrier, medical vehicle, or communications vehicle. As a weapons carrier it can carry up to 8,000 lbs, including six to seven fully armed Rangers. [1] The Ranger is designed with a crew of three in mind: a truck commander (TC), seated front-left, a driver, and a top gunner, in the rear. [8]
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The BTR-3 [4] [5] is an eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier developed in 2000 and 2001 by an international consortium. The companies involved in the project include the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau of Ukraine, Adcom Systems of Abu-Dhabi, UAE, and the State Scientific Technical Centre of Artillery & Rifle Arms of Ukraine.