Developed in 1943. It was mass-produced since 1944. It was in service with the US Army. Used in the battles of the Second World War and the Korean War.
American anti-aircraft self-propelled gun M19A1, Tank Museum, Kubinka, photo of 2007.
Performance characteristics
Weight – 18.5 tons
Crew – 6 people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) 5500 x 2970 x 3005 mm.
Armament:
gun – 2 pcs.
caliber – 40 mm.
Ammunition – 352 shots
machine gun – 1 pc., caliber – 12.7 mm., ammunition – 440 rounds
Armor protection – 13 mm.
Engine power – 220 (110 x 2) horsepower
Maximum speed – 48 km / h
Cruising on the highway – 130 km.
The depth of the water obstacles surmounted ford – 0.6 meters
Design features
The base is an M-24 Chaffee tank.
The overall layout – the power plant and the power transmission are located in the forward part of the hull; an open turret rotating at 360 “is installed in the stern.
Armament – twin automatic guns “Bofors”; the turret and lift guns are manual and electromechanical; sights of anti-aircraft installation of construction type, two collimator and two angular.
Protection – the car hull is welded, from rolled armor plates.
Chassis – two eight-cylinder automobile engines of liquid cooling, connected in parallel; the transmission and undercarriage of an anti-aircraft self-propelled unit are the same as on the M-24 tank; tracks with rubber hinge parallel type.