T-92 Light Tank – Bilder og video

Bildegalleri av en T-92 lys tank, 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.

Kilde: T-92 Light Tank on Wikipedia

Den T-92 lys 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.
Hovedkanonen var en 76 mm T185E1 riflet kanon som kunne avfyre 60 runder med høyhastighetsammunisjon. Sekundærbevæpningen besto av tre maskingevær: ett 12,7 mm M2HB i kommandantens kuppel, en 7,62 mm M37 koaksial med hovedkanonen, og en annen 7,62 mm M37 i skytterens kuppel. T-92 ble drevet av en Continental AOI-628-1 8-sylindret bensinmotor med motsatt stempel som ga den en toppfart på 56 km/t og en rekkevidde på 338 km. T-92 veide 18 tonn og hadde et mannskap på fire: kommandør, skytter, lader og sjåfør. T-92 ble aldri akseptert i tjeneste fordi det ble ansett som upraktisk å gjøre den amfibie, noe som var et krav for fremtidige lette stridsvogner etter at den sovjetiske PT-76 dukket opp. Den T-92-prosjektet ble kansellert i juni 1958 etter at to prototyper ble bygget og testet.