FM 44-2: Air Defense Artillery Employment (Automatic Weapons)

FM 44-2 Air Defense Artillery Employment (Automatic Weapons)

FM 44-2

Air Defense Artillery Employment (Automatic Weapons)

Army · FM · Jun 1966 · 123 pages

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Minimum midpoint tracking range. maximum horizontal range is 8,664 This is the shortest midpoint range at meters. which the weapon can track a target. * (2) Mobility. The 40mm gun motor carIt is dependent upon target speed and riage M42 (fig. 1) has two 40mm the maximum angular tracking rate of guns mounted coaxially on a fullthe gun mount. tracked, lightly armored vehicle. It has the following characteristics: b. 40MM M42 Description and Characteris- has the following characteristics: (a) Weight (with crew 49,500 lb tics. and equipment). (1) Ammunition. The M42 automatic (b) Allowable speed 70 kph (45 mph) weapon uses high explosive-tracer (c) Cruising range, 160 km (100 mi) average. (HE-T), high explosive incendiary- (d) Maximum grade 60% tracer (HEI-T), and armor piercing- ability. tracer (AP-T) ammunition.

DesignationFM 44-2

EditionJun 1966

StatusSuperseded

Pages123

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 59

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