T-92 Light Tank – Photos & Video

Foto-galerija a T-92 Light 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.

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Čaj 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.
Glavni pištolj je bio 76 mm T185E1 puška koja je mogla da ispali 60 metaka municije velike brzine. Sekundarno naoružanje sastojalo se od tri mitraljeza: jedan 12,7 mm M2HB u komandantskoj kupoli, jedan 7,62 mm M37 koaksijalni sa glavnim topom i drugi 7,62 mm M37 u kupoli topnika. T-92 je pokretao Continental AOI-628-1 8-cilindrični benzinski motor sa suprotnim klipom koji mu je dao maksimalnu brzinu od 56 km / h i domet od 338 km. T-92 je težio 18 tona i imao je četveročlanu posadu: komandanta, topnika, utovarivača i vozača. T-92 nikada nije prihvaćen u službu, jer se smatralo nepraktičnim da se napravi amfibijski, što je bio uslov za buduće lake tenkove nakon pojave sovjetskog PT-76. U T-92 projekat je otkazan u junu KSNUMKS nakon što su izgrađena i testirana dva prototipa.