The M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service until …

The M42 was a 1950s continuation of the U.S. Army’s World War II era concept for a highly mobile, rapid firing anti-aircraft artillery system designed to protect maneuver forces from low …

2021年2月12日 · Using components from the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, notably the chassis, a powerful open-top turret was mounted to the hull. But, rather than sporting the M41’s 76mm …

M42 Turret details, showing internal arrangements and the external ammo storage bins. For propulsion, the M42 relied on a 500 hp, six-cylinder, Continental (or Lycoming ), air-cooled …

2025年2月15日 · The M42 Duster was a spinoff of the M41 series light tank, the Walker Bulldog, which replaced the M24 Chaffee light tank. A 500 horsepower, air-cooled, Continental six …

2021年2月19日 · The M42 ‘Duster’ was an open-topped self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) based on the hull of the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank. Beginning as a design in 1951, the …

With a firing rate of 240 rounds per minute, the M42A1s shredded North Vietnamese infantry assaulting the combat base, situated in the northwestern corner of the I Corps Tactical Zone …

2019年5月14日 · One offshoot of the original M24 light tank family became the "M19 Gun Motor Carriage" self-propelled, anti-aircraft platform mounting a pair of 40mm Bofors cannons in an …

2018年10月9日 · Deeply loved for its firepower, the M42 “Duster” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun arose as a replacement for the M19 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed in World War II. …

2021年11月23日 · From 1966 until the end of the Vietnam War, the relatively small yet extremely deadly M42 Duster was brought out of retirement and used against the North Vietnamese. …