"british mobile anti aircraft weapons 1950/60 ?" Topic
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| wardog | 18 Oct 2020 1:31 p.m. PST |
the us 1950s + had m55 quad 12.5mm and m42 dusters 40mm for mobile anti aircraft defence (numbers transferred to a number of nato allies as well)
what did the british use or was it just towed 40mm bofors |
| nickinsomerset | 18 Oct 2020 2:19 p.m. PST |
Thunderbird (Army) and Bloodhound (RAF)3.7 gun still operated late 50s, possibly into the 60s. Tally Ho! |
| Onomarchos | 18 Oct 2020 7:01 p.m. PST |
link According to this (p.28), the 40mm towed Bofors was the only light AA weapon in BOAR in the 1950-60s. Mark |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 19 Oct 2020 4:11 a.m. PST |
There were plans to equip AA units with Green Mace guns ( link ), but after it had reached the prototype stage, it was scrapped in favour of the ‘Thunderbird' missile system. It was the size of a large bus, and was loaded from two rotary magazines. It fired 96 rpm … and its magazines ran out after 20 seconds of firing! |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 19 Oct 2020 4:20 a.m. PST |
Never heard of the Green Mace system, sounds an absolute beast, though needing a crane and 10-15 minutes to replace the magazines doesn't sound very practical! |
| Thresher01 | 19 Oct 2020 6:34 a.m. PST |
Not surprising, since the USA and West Germans used a twin 40mm on the M42 Duster, until the latter developed the Gepard. A pity we didn't buy, or copy that design. Heck, even twin 40s mated to a decent radar FC system would have worked wonders. |
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