Divisional Air Defense System (DIVAD / DIVADS) Proposals

[iwantmoresources]

The York was designed to utilize a sensor-fused round that Bofors was putting into the market and due to the M42s being beloved by army troops during Vietnam, the US Army wanted a SPAAG that can do infantry support in a pinch.

May I ask what that sensor-fused ammunition was? 3P ammunition seems too advanced for that time.

 

[yeetmahboi]

Guess it's this one

40mm L/70 HE-PFPXM822 Fuse

It should be the M766: The round was in use with the M247 “Sgt York” AA system. They got pahased out and the ammunition got disposed of. The projectiles around are likely the left overs from this. The fuzes are basically all gone since they usually get burned in special furnaces. This would...

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[iwantmoresources]

Guess it's this one

40mm L/70 HE-PFPXM822 Fuse

It should be the M766: The round was in use with the M247 “Sgt York” AA system. They got pahased out and the ammunition got disposed of. The projectiles around are likely the left overs from this. The fuzes are basically all gone since they usually get burned in special furnaces. This would...

forum.cartridgecollectors.org

So it's a standard proximity fuse, no time detonation mechanism?