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During the Korean War, the M55 and M16 saw extensive combat, and lessons learned in Korea led to the conversion of an additional 1200 M3 halftracks into the M16A1 variant by adding an M45 turret. These can be identified by the lack of fold-down armor and rear troop door on the crew compartment and were often fitted with the roller front bumper ...
The AA-12 (Auto Assault - 12), originally designed and known as the Atchisson Assault Shotgun, is a fully automatic combat shotgun developed in 1972 by Maxwell Atchisson. . However, the original development by Atchisson seems to have produced only a few guns at prototype-level, with the development that ultimately led to the gun entering the market being done later by Military Police Systems ...
Marksman is a British short range air defense system developed by Marconi, consisting of a turret, a Marconi Series 400 radar and two Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm anti-aircraft autocannons. It is similar to the German Gepard system in terms of engine performance, ammunition carried and effective range of the ammunition.
12.7 4 M16 half-track United States: World War II / Korean War 12.7 2 T-90 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union: 1942-43 (prototype) [2] 20 1 Flakpanzer 38(t) Nazi Germany: World War II 20 1 Type 98 half-track Japan: World War II 20 1 20 mm AA machine cannon carrier truck Japan: World War II 20 1 20 mm anti-aircraft tank Ta-Se Japan ...
The Japanese designation was the "Type 41". Later in 1921 the 12 cm/45 gun was used as the basis for a high-angle anti-aircraft gun, designated the 12 cm/45 10th Year Type. [2] The "Third Year Type" refers to the Welin breech block used and this should not be confused with the later Type 3 12 cm AA Gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in ...
The DShK is a belt-fed machine gun firing the 12.7×108mm cartridge, and uses a butterfly trigger. [16] Firing at 600 rounds per minute, it has an effective range of 2.4 km ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi), and can penetrate up to 20 mm of armor up to a range of 500 m. [ 17 ]
Model 96 25 mm AT/AA gun (triple cannon) Vickers Type 40 mm AT/AA gun (double cannon) Type 11 75 mm AA gun; Type 88 75 mm AA gun; Type 4 75 mm AA gun; Type 3 80 mm AA gun; Type 99 88 mm AA gun; Type 10 120 mm AA gun; Type 14 10 cm AA gun; Type 3 12 cm AA gun; Type 5 15 cm AA gun; 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun
Similar types, based on 3-ton lorries, were produced in Britain, Canada and Australia, and together formed the most numerous self-propelled AA guns in British service. The U.S. Army brought truck-towed Bofors 40 mm AA guns along with truck-mounted units fitted with mechanized turrets when they sailed, first for Great Britain and then onto France.