Military equipment of America Tandem 40 mm self-propelled gun M19

Military equipment of America Tandem 40 mm self-propelled gun M19. Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon M19. Coupled 40-mm self-propelled gun M19 (Twin 40mm Gun Motor Carriage M19). Self-propelled gun M19Zenitnaya self-propelled unit is created on a modified tank chassis M24 Chaffee. Layout drawing of the tank changed: powerplant and power transmission placed in the bow of the hull, the aft part of the tower is installed on top of an open circular rotation with mounted in it a system of two coupled automatic antiaircraft guns "Bofors". Drives turret guns and vertical guidance manual and electromechanical. Provides elevation angle 87 degrees and the angle of descent -5 degrees. The rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, the initial velocity armor-piercing projectile 875 m / s. On the anti-aircraft guns used sights postroitelnogo type two collimator and two-aligned. As the power plant used two eight-cylinder car engine with liquid cooling, connected in parallel. Transmission and chassis self-propelled same as like a tank M24. Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon is characterized by high fire power, good mobility, but insufficient protection service gun calculation. Designed to combat low-flying aircraft, and it has been used successfully to destroy ground targets. This installation was armed with anti-aircraft batteries automatic weapons armored formations. JOIN VSP GROUP PARTNER PROGRAM: https://youpartnerwsp.com/ru/join?82735