Tanks/Vehicles M42 Duster

[Century 4,560]

 

 

The M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun, or "Duster," is an armored light air-defense gun built for the U.S. Army from 1952 until December 1959. Production of this vehicle was performed by the tank division of the General Motors Corporation

 

A total of 3,700 M42s were built. The vehicle has a crew of six and weighs 22,500 kg (49,500 lb) fully loaded. Maximum speed is 45 mph with a range of 100 miles. Armament consists of fully automatic twin 40 mm M2A1 Bofors, with a rate of fire of 2x120 rounds per minute (rpm) and either a .30 caliber Browning M1919A4 or 7.62mm M60 machine gun. The 500 hp, six-cylinder, Continental (or Lycoming Engines), air-cooled, gasoline engine is located in the rear of the vehicle. It was driven by a cross-drive, 2-speed Allison transmission.

 

Although the M42 Duster was initially designed for an anti-aircraft role, it proved highly successful when used in the Vietnam War against unarmored ground forces.

 

During the course of the Korean War, the U.S. Army decided to phase out all vehicles based on the M24 Chaffee chassis, such as the M19 Gun Motor Carriage 40mm Anti-Aircraft, in favor of designs that utilized the chassis of the M41. Since the 40mm guns were still seen as an effective anti-aircraft weapon, the turret of the M19 was simply mounted to the M41 chassis with few changes except a partial redesign to accommodate the larger turret ring of the M41 and designated as the M42.

 

And also, on another project, the 40mm guns were aimed with the assistance of a radar fire control system housed in a secondary vehicle of similar design, but this idea was scrapped as development costs mounted.

 

 

 

 

Edit: Didn't see the specifications section, so I had underlined the technical details before. Sorry. Here you go, much more cleaner.

 

Weight: 24.8 t (loaded)

Length: 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)

Width: 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in)

Height: 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in)

Crew: 4–6

Armor: 9–25 mm

Main armament: M2A1 40 mm twin anti-aircraft gun with 336 rounds

Secondary armament: 1 × M1919A4 7.62 mm machine gun

Engine: 6-cylinder air-cooled gasoline 500 hp (375 kW)

Power/weight: 22.2 hp/t

Suspension: torsion bar

Operational range: 160 km (99 mi) Speed 72 km/h (45 mph)

 

 

Some pictures of M42 Duster:

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keFzBeJkFCI

Edited December 16, 2014 by Century

[Smin1080p 60,444]

Open for discussion  :salute: 

[Grand_Moff_Tano 3,460]

Almost mixed this up with the M19 lol - But I support +1

[mumurees2 19]

It looks like an excellent high-tier anti-aircraft tank for the US ground-forces tree.

[Jhaamdath 6,156]

More SPAAGs is good. Bring it on.

 

But do please fix some over-performance on current SPAAGs.

[Armoredbeercan 2,808]

well done Century

i want to see this be the Top ranked SPAA for the USA

[Century 4,560]

Almost mixed this up with the M19 lol - But I support +1

 

It is like evolved version of M19.

[zuegma 1,546]

The M42 is already in the Preliminary tree. Don't know why it hasn't been implemented in the first pass mind.

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[BaddogKelevra 430]

I just want the M56 Scorpion

[Century 4,560]

The M42 is already in the Preliminary tree. Don't know why it hasn't been implemented in the first pass mind.

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You're right. Will talk with Smin to lock this thread.

 

 

 

I just want the M56 Scorpion

 

I'm gonna suggest it in weekend. It was in my plans.

Edited December 17, 2014 by Century

[Z3r0_ 4,128]

I honestly don't know why this isn't in the game already.  "Outside of the timeframe" isn't an excuse, as the Soviets have the Vietnam-era ZSU-57.

 

I'll support adding this.

[Ampen 575]

Totally for it.

+1

[Valkyria_SXVIII 34]

It's better be putting in tier V section. Looks like it can chewed up a PZ IV series into bits.

[Smin1080p 60,444]

The M42 is already in the Preliminary tree. Don't know why it hasn't been implemented in the first pass mind.

[spoiler][/spoiler]

 

 

Interesting, thanks. 

 

I missed this too  :Ps

 

Locked as its on the way  :salute:

[Smin1080p 60,444]

Moved to Implemented  :salute: