M42A1 Duster (40mm samohybný protiletadlový

M42A1 Duster (40 mm mobile anti-aircraft gun)
Gun, Antiaircraft Artillery, Self-Propelled, Twin 40-mm, M42A1
     
Title:
Name:
M42A1 Duster M42A1 Duster
Original title:
Original Name:
M42A1 Duster
Manufacturer:
Producer:
Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Corp.
Period of production:
Production Period:
02.02.1956-DD.12.1959
Made pieces:
Number of Produced:
~3700 M42 + M42A1
a Prototype made:
Prototype Built:
DD.MM.YYYY ?
Credits:
Crew:
6
Technical data:
Technical Data:
 
Fighting weight:
Combat Weight:
22600 kg 49824 lb
Overall length:
Overall Length:
6360 mm 20ft 10in
Total width:
Overall Width:
3230 mm 10ft 7in
Overall height:
Overall Height:
2870 mm 9ft 5in
Ground clearance:
Ground Clearance:
440mm 1ft 5in
Drive:
Propulsion:
 
Type:
Type:
Continental AOSI-895-5 (6 valcový gasoline, vzduchom chladený engine) Continental AOSI-895-5 (6 cylinders, gasoline, air cooled engine)
Performance:
Power:
372.9 kW at ? rpm 500 bhp at ? rpm
Transmission:
Transmission:
? ?
Feats:
Performance:
 
Speed on the road:
Road Speed:
72 km/h 45 mph
Speed in the field:
Cross-country Speed:
40 km/h 25 mph
the Driving range along the road:
Cruising Range on Road:
? km ? me
Driving range in the field:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
? km ? me
Overcoming obstacles:
Obstacles Crossing:
 
Slope:
Gradient:
? ° ? %
Side tilt:
Side Slope:
? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
1,83 m 72in
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
0,71 m 28in
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
1.22 m 48in
Armament:
Armament:
 
Main:
Main:
2 x 40mm cannon M2A1 2 x 40 mm gun M2A1
Side:
Secondary:
7.62 mm machine gun M1919A3 / M1919A4 / M60 (in Germany replaced kulometom MG1/MG3) 7.62 mm machine gun M1919A3 / M1919A4 / M60 (in Germany machine gun MG1/MG3)
User states:
User States:

(Flak 40 mm L60 ZwSF)













(Flak 40 mm L60 ZwSF)












Note:
Note:
Modernizácia PLdvK M42

Volume of fuel tank: 530 l
Consumption of fuel: 280 l/ 100 km
Modernization of the AA gun M42


Fuel capacity: 530 l
Source:
Sources:
panteleimon the Omeľaňuk: Zenitnyj "Pyľnik" ZSU M42 "Duster"; Armejskaja The 2014/06 (No.24)
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URL : https://www.valka.cz/M42A1-Duster-40mm-samohybny-protiletadlovy-t182863#534548 Version : 0
From the arsenal of the U.S. bol M42A1 vyradený in 1963 and nahradený anti-aircraft rocket complexis MIM-23 Hawk with the exception jednotiek umiestnených in pásme Panama prieplavu (Canal Zone), where the Panamanian government refused to allow the používanie anti-aircraft rocket complexis Hawk and where M42A1 slúžili until 1970.

In 1966, in súvislosti with martial nasadením vo Vietnam sa M42A1 opäť vracajú in the loadout and are bojovo nasadzované vo Vietnam, etc when ich role is to najmä fight with pozemným protivníkom.

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First of all, štát, ktorý obdržal PLdvK M42 (but I M42A1) bola German federal republic, which celkovo obdržala 496 kusov since 1956. In the arsenal of the Bundeswehr boli PLdvK zaradené under the designation Flak 40 mm L60 ZwSF (Zwilling Selbstfahrlafette), but označenie sa didn't catch on and before sa used rôzne náhradné označenia - Flakpanzer M42, Panzerflak M42, M42 Panzerflakzwilling. Aj when boli vozidlá pôvodne supplied so štandartnými ameirckými guľometmi M1919A4, čoskoro after zaradení in the arsenal of the doľlo to ich prezbrojeniu on domestic MG1/MG3.
In Germany, boli vozidlá organized in protilietadlových oddieloch in zložení Veliteľská (štábna) batéria and 2 firing batteries after 3 čaty with 3 M42A1. Protilietadlové ododiely boli súčasťou tank and motorized divízií.
From the arsenal of the Bundeswehr started even M42 vyraďované in 1976 in súvioslosti with prezbrojovaním to own prostriedok Cheetah, vyraďovanie was completed in 1979.

Nepotrebné vozidlá from the arsenal of the Bundeswehr boli exported to Grécka.

Other štátom, ktorý from the USA obdržal PLdvK M42A1 bolo Turkey - pretty obdržalo 262 vozidiel.

The middle east was exported 216 vozidiel to Jordan (slúžili to začiatku 21. day) and 15 ks to Lebanon (vo arsenal since 1958 to 1984). In the framework of the občianskej army sa part Vozidiel got aj to the rcoa of the individual bojujúcich frakcií.

In Ázii boli vozidlá simmilar exported to Thailand (30 pcs), Pakistan (123 pcs), Južného vietnam (during the battle gained niekoľko machines aj Vietnamese democratic republic) and Japan (22 pcs). In Japan boli vozidlá zaradené to 5. pl oddielu 7. pl regiment zo zostavy 7. the itty-bitty energizer divízie (since 1981 tankovej divízie) on the island of Hokkaido. From vyźbroje boli vyradené in 1994.

More užívateľmi bolo Tunisia (12 pcs vo arsenal in 2007) and Venezuela.


panteleimon the Omeľaňuk: Zenitnyj "Pyľnik" ZSU M42 "Duster"; Armejskaja The 2014/06 (No.24)
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URL : https://www.valka.cz/M42A1-Duster-40mm-samohybny-protiletadlovy-t182863#534549 Version : 0
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