This, the last Flakpanzer designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig from late 1944, was incited by the SS-Führungshauptamt and fathered by SS-Hauptsturmführer Wabnitz. It proceeded to the last days of WW2, and not just a wooden mockup was made since metal was cut. All the plans were destroyed in a air...
The Bofors VAK 40 S 49 (Wagon Autocannon Swedish model 1949) was a Swedish early Cold War project to develope a SPAAG (self-propelled anti-aircraft gun). It was to connect to a fire control unit with radar for calculated fire. Project scrapped in 1959 ish. Army designation was initially lvkv...
https://www.ointres.se/pansar_2011-4_veak.pdf
S-tank derivative SPAAG. Noticed we lack a thread on this vehicle.
Long story short. During WWII, the Swedish Army found a need for SPAAGs (self-propelled anti-aircraft guns) for the armoured divisions. After a proof of concept vehicle in 1942, the...
Im looking for the upgrade proposals made for the Gepard SPAAG either before it was phased out in Bundeswehr service in 2012 or for the various export attempts (Chile, Saudi Arabia...). Sadly i dont have access to a good book on the Gepards history, so my contribution will be mostly limited to...
I found this Bofors poster of the Indonesian Armed Forces' day commemoration of 1986. The poster suggests this is a SPAAG vehicle named Trinity, or at least some parts of it were. Quick search results in several examples of the Bofors Trinity turret being installed on the MOWAG Shark chassis...
Designed in 1942 by the American Ordnance Company, an old-established gun-making concern of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the M3 half-track carrier, known as the 40mm Gun Motor Carriage T68 (GMC T68) and featured unusual gun layout. The guns were placed, one above the other, a configuration with an...
https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendsofTheTankMuseum/posts/chieftain-sabre-the-sabre-spaag-system-was-a-project-between-ro-and-thompson-csf/1859698144250194/
(Image below is from tanks-encyclopedia.com, original credit jedsite [now JED])
I wonder if anyone with a first or second edition copy of Janes Weapons Systems (1969 or 70) could help
me track down an image showing a Marder like mock up of a US MICV design for the 1967 MICV competition.
I photocopied it some years back from a Library copy (now no longer available) and...
air defense artillery branch
cold war
late 1960s
mechanised infantry combat vehicle
micv-65
micv-70
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaag
spad
surface-to-air missile
u.s. army
united states
united states army
G’day gents
I’ve stumbled across this web site
http://doktorkurgan.livejournal.com/36798.html?thread=61630
which depicts a prototype (in 1977) SPAAG, which from what I can make out (via translation), combines a 25mm cannon, with the chassis of the XM-701 MICV!
It appears it’s a response to the...
1980s
air defence
air defense artillery branch
battlefield air defence
cold war
faads-los-fh
forward area air defense
general electric
los-f-h
spaag
spad
u.s. army
united states army
Is this a real project, or just a fantasy:
http://gunpoint-3d.com/model-agds.html
I've done a Google search but can only find fantasy entries?
Regards.
Evening gents
I was looking for information on the Soviet ZSU-37 SPAAG, when I discovered that there was a ZSU-37-2 Yenisei.
The only information I could find was -
The ZSU-37-2 Yenisei is a later, unrelated design based on the chassis of the experimental SU-100P self-propelled gun. It was...
Sperry's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Was based off their earlier T37 VIGILANTE AA Gun, but rechambered in 35mm NATO instead of 37mm.
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General Electric's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Utilizing their GAU-8A AVENGER cannon system.
1970s
1980s
advanced radar-directed gun air defense system
air defense artillery branch
argads
battlefield air defence
bundeswehr
cold war
department of defense
deutsches heer
divad (division air defense)
forward area air defense
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaag
spad
united states
united states army
west germany
vickers developed the Vickers Mk-1 MBT as a private venture - a lighter and cheaper alternative to the Chieftain. It was eventually adopted by India - being named Vijayanta (victory) were production commenced in 1965.
Mk-1 38,600kg combat weight, Leyland L60 650bhp engine, 105mm main gun and...
1980s
cold war
contraves
early 1980s
eidgenössische konstruktionswerkstätte
federal military department (switzerland)
late 1970s
mbt
neuer kampfpanzer
schweizer armee
spaag
swiss army
swiss army federal construction works
swiss confederation
tank
tank design
1960s
armoured engineer vehicle
armoured recovery vehicle
armoured vehicle-launched bridge
bundeswehr
cold war
combat engineer vehicle
deutsches heer
early 1970s
federal republic of germany
mbt
north atlantic treaty organisation
spaag
tank design
united states
united states army
west germany
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