Source – wikipedia
T92 Light Tank was an innovative American light tank developed in the 1950s by Aircraft Armaments. At 18.5 tonnes, 5m length, it was designed as an airborne/airdropped replacement for the 5 tonnes heavier M41 Walker Bulldog. The T92 was never accepted into service.
The main gun was a conventional 76 mm cannon with a very low profile turret. Little more was exposed than the main gun and two crew cupolas which allowed 50 caliber and 30 caliber machine guns to fire buttoned up. The engine was moved to the front, which increased protection, and a rear access door provided an escape hatch and protection while reloading; this layout was later adopted by the contemporary Israeli Merkava battle tank. It had a crew of four with a semi-automatic loading system. It carried 60 main gun rounds, and automatically ejected spent shell casings.
Study of the Soviet PT-76 led to a new swimming requirement for light tanks, for which the design could not be modified. The T92 would be passed over and the M551 Sheridan was eventually adopted instead. It fielded an unconventional 152 mm gun-missile system which would suffer many technical problems, and its swimming system would be rarely used in combat. The French AMX-13 tank was a somewhat similar design that was successfully fielded.
Source – wikipedia
Il T92 era un innovativo carro armato leggero americano sviluppato negli anni cinquanta dalla Aircraft Armaments. Pesante 18,5 tonnellate e lungo 5 metri, fu progettato come sostituto aviolanciabile/aerotrasportabile del M41 Walker Bulldog, più pesante di ben 5 tonnellate. Non fu mai accettato in servizio.
L’armamento principale era costituito da un cannone convenzionale da 76 mm di calibro, con sistema di caricamento semiautomatico da 60 colpi ed eiezione automatica dei bossoli spenti. L’armamento secondario era costituito da due cupole armate con una mitragliatrice Browning M2 da 12,7 mm (cupola destra) ed una Browning M1919 da 7,62 mm (cupola sinistra). Il motore era posizionato anteriormente al vano di combattimento, incrementandone la protezione; inoltre il portellone d’accesso posteriore forniva protezione durante le operazioni di rifornimento delle munizioni e costituiva una via di fuga in caso di abbandono del carro; questa configurazione fu ripresa più tardi dal contemporaneo carro israeliano Merkava. L’equipaggio era costituito da 4 persone.
Lo studio del PT-76 sovietico aveva portato alla richiesta di capacità di galleggiamento per i carri leggeri. Il progetto del T-92 non poteva essere modificato per rispondere a questo requisito, che fu invece rispettato nel successivo M551 Sheridan.
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Hitpoints: 840
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Maximum speed: 60/25 km/h
Hull traverse: 70 deg/s
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Viewrange: 400
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DPM:
ROF: 10.261
Reload: 4.5 s
Accuracy: 0.42
Aimspeed: 1.9
