This thing would be insane in game. Also I’ve heard before that JGSDF made a 50mm CTAS autocannon but never mounted it on anything
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It was planned for use on a CCV variant, so…
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I know that’s suggestion rules and not really what Gaijin use, but CCV armed with this would be so cool
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I want & need this so badly. Air Burst rounds with 750 RPM will swap CAS easy like M247, 2S38 etc…(SPAA enthusiast here)
Small vent: 2025, how is this thing still not in game…? Along with the other ATGM carriers.
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I have also seen a few obscure references to a Type 61 having its turret removed and a 75-mm M51 Skysweeper installed in its place as the predecessor to the AWX and eventually the Type 87 AW. However, at this point I’m almost convinced it’s an internet myth since I haven’t been able to find anything about it beyond that.
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Please never use AI for research.
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Was worth a shot, wasn’t planning on spending time digging deeper into it.
I’ve only seen the M51 Skysweeper AWX mentioned my Mai, where she said it had a prototype completed in 1972 before being cancelled. I couldn’t find anything else on it
SENSHA: Development of the Modern SPAAG
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Here is very high chance that it is fake that prototype was ever made
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using AI to do research is comical (AI sucks)
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I know it is, still did it anyways. Just used it for quick search, not for deep search.
even for a quick search it’s virtually pointless to use because of how inaccurate it is
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Ok, still doing it. Never know what results I’ll get.
Using AI mostly ends up with misinformation, like the time some WT Tuber claimed that the F-2 carried 10 AMRAAM missiles.
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I AM AWARE for the last time. Don’t mean I’m going to rely on it every time. Searching for something like that requires a ton of research to find. Regardless, its a tool available to use for quick searches.
The Commander of my Squadron posted this vehicle in 2022 on the discord regarding potential SPAAG Japan could get.
Could be a decent 8.7 - 9.3 SPAAG vehicle tbh
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Maybe a optional modification for the Type-87 SPAAG, one with a roof mounted 12.7mm M2 machine gun.
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M15 participating in the parade at Jingu Gaien
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M41
the Type 60 prototype SS-4 was remodeled with Type-64 ATM launchers
something else I found in the discord long ago.
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As I know there wasn’t Type 87 SPAAG equipped with 12.7mm M2 so it is mostly illusions and just another vehicle is standing behind Type 87.
And tbh is it M2? More looks like Type 74 7.62mm? Not sure here
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I would have agreed, but upon closer inspection I don’t think there is a tank standing behind it that’s tall enough to house a machine gun up there. the lack of any tracks on the left side of the Type-87 makes me consider that this is just a more unique personal modification of the Type-87.
This picture was taken from April 29, 1997 Shimoshizu Garrison
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