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Fotogalerija Lahki tank T-92, T92 Light Tank was an innovative American light tank developed in the 1950s by Aircraft Armaments. At 18.5 tonnes, 5m length, it was designed as an airborne/airdropped replacement for the 5 tonnes heavier M41 Walker Bulldog. The T92 was never accepted into service. The main gun was a conventional 76 mm cannon with a very low profile turret. Little more was exposed than the main gun and two crew cupolas which allowed 50 caliber and 30 caliber machine guns to fire buttoned up. The engine was moved to the front, which increased protection, and a rear access door provided an escape hatch and protection while reloading; this layout was later adopted by the contemporary Israeli Merkava battle tank. It had a crew of four with a semi-automatic loading system. It carried 60 main gun rounds, and automatically ejected spent shell casings.

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The T-92 Light Tank was a prototype of an American light tank that was developed in the 1950s by a company called Aircraft Armaments. It was intended to be a replacement for the M41 Walker Bulldog, a heavier and more conventional light tank that was already in service. The T-92 had a very low and flat hull, made of welded steel and castings, that was designed to deflect nuclear blast waves and reduce its silhouette. It also had a large turret with two cupolas, one for the commander and one for the gunner, and a semi-automatic loader for the main gun.
The main gun was a 76 mm T185E1 rifled gun that could fire 60 rounds of high-velocity ammunition. The secondary armament consisted of three machine guns: one 12.7 mm M2HB in the commander’s cupola, one 7.62 mm M37 coaxial with the main gun, and another 7.62 mm M37 in the gunner’s cupola. The T-92 was powered by a Continental AOI-628-1 8-cylinder opposed-piston gasoline engine that gave it a top speed of 56 km/h and a range of 338 km. The T-92 weighed 18 tons and had a crew of four: commander, gunner, loader, and driver. The T-92 was never accepted into service because it was deemed impractical to make it amphibious, which was a requirement for future light tanks after the appearance of the Soviet PT-76. The T-92 project was canceled in June 1958 after two prototypes were built and tested.