Nov 14, 2023 · The T77 was a small, fast, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the M24 Chaffee that had a group of six .50 caliber machine guns in a two-man turret. This little machine could have kept up with armored columns and provided continuous close air defense.

Tank AA, 20 mm Quad, Skink was a Canadian self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, developed in 1943–44, in response to a requirement from the First Canadian Army. Due to a lack of threat from the German Luftwaffe, the Skink was cancelled in 1944 after only three were built from Grizzly I …

M24 Chaffee light tanks of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division wait for an assault of North Korean T-34-85 tanks at Masan. The M24 was virtually the only tank that the U.S. Far East Command could immediately dispatch to the Korean Peninsula at the time of the Korean War.

T77 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage. Had 6 .50 caliber M2 machine guns mounted in a new designed turret. The T89 gun mount in or on the T77 was made by the United Shoe Machinery Company.

Oct 11, 2016 · T77 Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft The T77 was a anti aircraft vehicle built on the T24 chassis. The vehicle was supposed to be able to elevate and traverse at 65° per second.

Dec 31, 2015 · In mid-1943, the US military ordered the development of a promising ZSU based on the latest lightweight tank M24 Chaffee. The result of this project was the appearance of the T77 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage fighting vehicle, which showed good performance, but did not reach serial production.

Sep 28, 2018 · The T77 was a combination of the turret of the T57 120mm Gun Tank with the hull of the M48 Patton medium tank.

The M19 multiple gun motor carriage (MGMC) was a World War II United States Army self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon on the M24 light tank chassis. It was equipped with two Bofors 40 mm guns. It was produced by Cadillac and Massey Ferguson of Canada near the end of 1944. The M19 was developed from the T65 which was based on the M5 light tank ...

Oct 21, 2023 · Today’s suggestion is for the American T77 MGMC, specifically the E1 variant, a prototype SPAAG with a whopping 6 M2 Browning Machine Guns, plus a good ol’ .30 cal.

Aug 20, 2020 · Aircraft were a lot faster, better armed, better armored, and smaller caliber AA weapons were just not very effective any longer. The western allies relegated many of theirs to the ground support role and they proved very effective against troops, soft skinned vehicles, light bunkers and fortifications.