Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 …

2021年7月15日 · The M50 Ontos had to have been the strangest armored vehicle ever to make it into the American military inventory. Except for some Marine Vietnam veterans, the Ontos is, …

2021年8月10日 · View of the American-made Ontos M50, a light armored anti-tank vehicle, seeking defensive positions after landing on Chu Lai beach in Vietnam, June 1965. It …

2018年7月11日 · Officially known as the “Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50,” the Ontos was a tracked, lightly armored anti-tank vehicle developed as a fast tank killer for airborne …

The M50 was propelled by the General Motors 6-cylinder inline, 302 cubinc inches (4.95 l) gasoline engine. It developed 145 hp (108 kW) and allowed a top speed of 48 kph (30 mph), …

Was the Ontos a successful addition to the Marine Corps arsenal? The answer is quite simply, yes and no. The primary mission of the M50 was a tank destroyer. In the actual tactical …

2023年12月13日 · The M50 Ontos is a rather simple little machine, initially intended to be used as a highly mobile anti-tank platform. It is often said to have been related to the M56 Scorpion, …

2017年6月29日 · The resulting M56 Scorpion boasted a 90 mm gun behind an armored blast shield, while the M50 Ontos packed six M40 106 mm recoilless rifles. Neither weapon ever …

Officially known as the Rifle, Multiple 106-mm, Self-propelled, M50, the Ontos was the primary tank-destroyer used by the U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. Designed to be an air …

2023年5月13日 · Much lighter and nimbler than M48A3 tanks, the Ontos kept pace. Where monsoon mud and flooded rice paddies tended to mire tanks, the Ontos skated right through …