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 Ontos’ official name was: “Rifle, Multiple 106 mm self-propelled M50.” At its heart was the M40 106 mm recoilless rifle, a weapon which had been developed after World …

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 …

Unlike the enemy the Marine Corps faced during the Korean War, the Vietnamese communists possessed superb anti-armor capabilities in the form of recoilless rifles and hand-held rocket …

One “platoon” of surplus M50s wound up in the service of the North Carolina Forestry Service for use as fire fighting vehicles. According to Vietnam veteran and former Marine Mike Scudder, …

2023年12月13日 · These vehicles were deployed to Vietnam with the US Marine Corps in 1965. As outlined in a 1965 Marine Corps document, the Ontos was considered one of the most …

2021年8月2日 · In 1950, the US Army and US Marine Corps started a joint project to build a light anti-tank vehicle. It produced the M50 Ontos, a small tracked vehicle with light armor and six …

2023年5月13日 · In early 1968, these Marines with their M50 Ontos hold an observation post near Con Thien, Vietnam. Image: Staff Sgt. Carey/U.S.M.C. Initially, grunts admired the Ontos for …

USMC M-48 tanks and Ontos were placed under the command of the attached tank platoon commander. Tactically, the tank or Ontos commander, working with the infantry commander, …

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 …