+1, I’d love to see this get added! The US tech tree could use more SPAA, and this would be perfect for that role!
That said, there are a few burning questions I have about the T22 gun that I haven’t found many concrete answers about online. Like, did it (or at least could it) fire the other 75mm projectiles like M61? How much ammunition did it carry? And what was the max elevation and depression?
I really like this vehicle but i have to know, how much ammunition can it carry if any at all?
The is pretty important to know and can it fire any sort of AP round? for in game purposes a SPAAG being able to defend itself is pretty important
Atm, no AP round is known. I think it’s unlikely there was one. The gun is the predecessor to the Skysweeper, which only had HE rounds in service. They probably wanted to stick to AA ammunition.
It might have a SAP round option. The M48E2 HE round known to have been fired from the T22 is a variant of the M48 HE round used on the Sherman and most other US 75 mm guns. If the explosive cavity and hole for the fuze remained relatively unchanged from the M48 round, then it would be compatible with the M78/M78A1 concrete-piercing fuze. This fuze had a solid steel tip, which functionally turns the HE round into a SAP round, though penetration would remain rather low because of the unfavorable penetration modifiers SAP rounds usually get.
this would be a amazing filler for in between the M163 and skink depending on how it performs
probably 6.0-6.7 +1
If it doesn’t have an SAP round or AP round it should be added with the proxy rounds stock.
However my question still remains, how much ammo does the vehicle itself carry and i also wonder how deep its magazine is.
God i wish they just put the skysweeper on a mobile platform or something.
United Shoe Machinery Corporation was apparently tasked with designing such a thing at some point, but I doubt it reached the prototype phase and I don’t have access to the documents to confirm (locked behind paywall).
A +1 from me! Would be super cool to see this added
Sometimes I think about the addition of towed guns to WT, would be quite handy to fill gaps in lower tiers
Now that’s one hell of a juicy steak to enjoy, maybe it can replace the stupid skink C&P and end up maybe in 5.3 - 5.7 (firerate is still very bad holy moly)
+1
Hello, the scans of the T22 documents from NARA have arrived, and I can finally answer this question.
The muzzle velocity was 2,300 feet per second, or 701 meters per second. Unfortunately, the documents do not state the total number of rounds it could carry, as all tests were conducted with a single round loaded and fired.
The T22 gun was able to traverse from 0 degrees to 120 degrees horizontally and elevate from 0 to 60 degrees vertically, as demonstrated during testing. The limitation on the gun’s traverse can be made up for by its fast rate of fire and the larger trigger radius (15 meters) of the VT fuze.
I am sharing some sheets from the documents to provide additional technical information for this vehicle.
In addition, the documents contain high-quality images of the vehicle, so I have updated the suggestion to include those images.
looking the breech it seems like it may use magazines similar to the ones used by the skysweeper
but no clue how many of those could be carried on the vehicle
We could perhaps get the skysweeper as a deployable system, similar to how the top tier missile launcher vehicles work
Or towed like the churchill crocodile’s trailer, except you can detach the gun trailer and deploy it as a stationary gun
I wonder if we used this system to basically add any towed cannon.
Would make for the “plug all SPAA and TD gaps on low tier” device
The 25mm trailer what nation and what is halling it in game right now we have trailers. Everyone can stand on the trailer.
I would rather not have my beloved skink be replaced but I do agree this thing could be fun. Yes I know I am a rare skink enjoyer.
skink is so annoying to fight as she is immune to most aircraft gunfire unlike open top spaa can’t blame you.
Considering I love bringing skinks to Jet territory in order to troll Me-262s it is understandable. I need more trolly SPAA. I honestly think we should get an update like leviathans but instead of ships we get a ton of SPAA for everyone to enjoy(and maybe better rewards for destroying aircraft in ground battles so people may be encouraged to use SPAA.
