https://i.ibb.co/vQwN5v5/weasel-jpg-138b2bf8bb391383d1ee2fcffc54235c.jpg
TYPE: Tank destroyer
AMOUNT IN NORWEGIAN SERVICE: uncertain, many
TIME IN SERVICE OF THE NORWEGIAN ARMY: Ca. 1945 - 1960/70
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
Wedding: Amphibious
HISTORY
This vehicle was developed to improve the buoyancy of the M29. The vehicle was tracked like the M29 with the exception of float tanks and rudder. This type was produced in a number of 10,657 during 1944-45. The use of the carriage was initially similar to the M29, but they were also widely used ifbm. amphibious operations. The most famous use of these wagons in Europe during the war was at the landing at Walchern in the Netherlands and at the crossing of the Rhine. After the war, this vehicle was also used mainly by American, British, Canadian, French and Norwegian forces.
Most of the Weasels that came to Norway after the war were of this type. In total, the Army’s Materiel Administration states a number of 1,043 wagons in Norway. The armed forces used both types side by side for the same tasks without distinguishing between the types. From around 1960, the float tanks were removed from most of them as these proved to be impractical for Norwegian use. These wagons were also phased out and sold by the defense around 1970.
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
Here mounted the flotation tanks and Norwegian Camouflage
https://i.ibb.co/GxBPkCx/376397189-265904442944668-8890657978178533198-n.jpg
M40 RFC Cannon
https://i.ibb.co/HdLPhFd/iw-rr-m40-p01.jpg
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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Norske Militære Kjøretøy-register | Facebook
M40 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia
M29 Weasel - Wikipedia
106mm M40 | Weaponsystems.net
- Yes
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