Is it possible to mount the 75mm LG40 recoiless gun in a turret suitable for the PzII?
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Is it possible to mount the 75mm LG40 recoiless gun in a turret suitable for the PzII?
http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=666
A huge problem, not just the gases but heat as well ... but the big question really is can that be overcome?Looking at the source you provided wouldn't there be a problem with the waste gasses?
This is true of conventional 75mm guns but the LG40 isn't conventional.Various things I've seen suggest the turret ring wasn't big enough to accomodate the larger turret needed for a 75mm. Only the conversion to the Marder Tank Destroyer allowed one to be mounted.
You're better off just going with the Marder II. The recoilless gun would need an open turret at least, like the 75mm mount on the Puma, but wouldn't be widely used due to the huge propellant waste of the recoilless guns that Germany couldn't afford. Better to use this:Is it possible to mount the 75mm LG40 recoiless gun in a turret suitable for the PzII?
http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=666
You're better off just going with the Marder II. The recoilless gun would need an open turret at least, like the 75mm mount on the Puma, but wouldn't be widely used due to the huge propellant waste of the recoilless guns that Germany couldn't afford. Better to use this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raupenschlepper,_Ost
Or this:
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index...pfwagen-38t-with-pz4-turret-and-8-cm-paw-600/
After World War II, there was little money for defense spending while the nations of Europe rebuilt their industry and society. When there was some cash to spend, one had to be creative to stretch it as far as possible. The French probably accomplished the most astounding example of that with the ACMA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56. Deployed with their airborne forces, this was essentially a militarized Vespa scooter outfitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle. Five parachutes would carry the two-man gun crew, weapon, ammunition, and two scooters safely to earth, and the men would load the weapon on one scooter and the ammo on the other, then ride away. More impressively, the recoilless rifle could be fired effectively on the move by the best of the gun crews. Total cost? About $500 for the scooter and the recoilless rifle was war surplus. Were they successful military machines? Well, the French Army deployed about 800 armed scooters in wars conducted in both Algeria and Indochina.
And even if it was you still have what amounts to a glass cannon. It'd probably be able to deal with most Soviet armour, but I think it'd be able to be destroyed by most of them at fairly long ranges
Well there was never an issue with weight...