TYPE: Tank destroyer
AMOUNT IN NORWEGIAN SERVICE: uncertain, many
TIME IN SERVICE OF THE NORWEGIAN ARMY: Ca. 1945 - 1970
ARMAMENT
1x M40 106mm Recoilless cannon
1x 12.7x77mm M8C Rangefinder
TECHNICAL DATA
Mass: 1,700 kg unloaded
Mass: CA 2000+ kg Loaded
Length: 3.20 m
Width: 1.5 m
later: 1.68 m
Height: 1.30 m
Height to the top of the windscreen: 1.80 m)
Crew: up to 4 men very likely madded with 2
Driver-Gunner
Loader
Engine: Studebaker Model 6-170 Champion 6-cylinder
Own power: 70 hp
Suspension: Track
Operating range: 266 km
Maximum speed: 52-58 km/h
HISTORY
Country of manufacture: USA.
The planning of what would eventually end up as the M29 was initiated in 1941. This vehicle was originally intended to be used for sabotage actions against targets in Europe and especially against the heavy water factory at Vemork! During parts of its development, this project had the second highest priority in the United States, only the atomic bomb had a higher priority. This is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that only 28 days passed after the theoretical planning was finished, until the first 4 handmade prototypes were finished. This further led to the production of the T15. The Weasel was further developed into the T24 in 1942, which was produced in 1,003 units. This was then standardized and renamed M29. A total of 4,476 pieces were made. of this edition during 1943 and 1944. The vehicle was used in a number of different roles by both American and British forces such as supply vehicle, personnel transport, ambulance and line-laying wherever it was difficult to reach with ordinary vehicles in Europe and in the Pacific After the war, the largest users of the vehicle are American, British, Canadian, French and Norwegian forces. The Weasel is an amphibious vehicle.
Norwegian use
The first vehicles came to Norway as early as 1944 on the allied side in Finnmark. After the war, they served in several branches of the armed forces throughout the country. In the army, they were used from 1945 to about 1970 by a number of departments, primarily by the wheeled rider squadrons. Norway received a total of approx. 2000 wagons. After the wagons were phased out by the defence, a number of them were bought and used by mountain lodges for transport into the mountains in winter.
A vehicle with great mobility and a powerful cannon, this should be able to pose a threat to most of the vehicles it faces, but the armor is non existant. open top with ammunition, cannon and crew exposed will make it pretty easy to kill, with only small arms fire. but it is small and mobile
M40 RFC Cannon
Technical data
Mass: 209.5 kg
Length: 3.404 m
Height: 1.12 m
Shell: 105×607mmR (HEAT, HEP, HEAP, Canister)
Caliber: 106 mm
Recoil: Recoilless
Carriage: Tripod
Elevation:
−17° to +65° (between mount legs)
−17° to +27° (over mount leg)
Traverse: 360°
Muzzle velocity: 503 m/s (M344 HEAT)
Effective firing range: 1,350m
Maximum firing range 6,870m (M346A1 HEP-T)
Sights: Optical sight
Weight: 209.5 kg
Length: 3.404 m
Tube length: 2.692 mm
Width:
-800 mm tripod legs closed
-1.524 mm tripod legs open
Height - 1.118 mm
Ammunition
There is a wide range of what ammunition that were available for this cannon, it could shoot all the types, but i am not certain wich ones Norway used, if it was all or not
12.7x77mm machinegun
he ammunition for the spotting rifle is not .50 bmg, but 12.7x77mm wich is 22mm shorter. The spotter round was developed to replicate the trajectory of the 106 mm ammunition, and features a tracer element and a point-detonating incendiary filler to create a puff of white smoke at the impact point.
PICTURES
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SOURCES
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MOTORISERTE MILITÆRKJØRETØY I NORGE - HMKSHOP - Depot Moane
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M40 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia
M29 Weasel - Wikipedia
106mm M40 | Weaponsystems.net
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