M50 Ontos - Wikipedia
Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill.
M50 Ontos: The Forgotten Tank-killer | Defense Media Network
Jul 15, 2021 · The M50 Ontos had to have been the strangest armored vehicle ever to make it into the American military inventory. Except for some Marine Vietnam veterans, the Ontos is, today, almost wholly unremembered.
M50 Ontos - The "Thing" that was Hated by the Army and Loved …
Aug 10, 2021 · View of the American-made Ontos M50, a light armored anti-tank vehicle, seeking defensive positions after landing on Chu Lai beach in Vietnam, June 1965. It possesses six M40 106mm recoilless rifles, which could be fired in rapid succession.
M50 airborne tank destroyer (1955)
The M50 was propelled by the General Motors 6-cylinder inline, 302 cubinc inches (4.95 l) gasoline engine. It developed 145 hp (108 kW) and allowed a top speed of 48 kph (30 mph), for an operational range of 185 km (115 mi).
M50 Ontos: the Armored Vehicle That the Army Hated and …
Aug 2, 2021 · In 1950, the US Army and US Marine Corps started a joint project to build a light anti-tank vehicle. It produced the M50 Ontos, a small tracked vehicle with light armor and six recoilless...
M50 Ontos - Military Wiki | Fandom
The Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six M40 106 mm recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to …
M50 Ontos – the Vietnam Six-Shooter - Tank Historia
Dec 13, 2023 · The M50 Ontos is a rather simple little machine, initially intended to be used as a highly mobile anti-tank platform. It is often said to have been related to the M56 Scorpion, but we have seen no evidence of this.
M50A1 Ontos Tank Destroyer - mcvthf.org
Was the Ontos a successful addition to the Marine Corps arsenal? The answer is quite simply, yes and no. The primary mission of the M50 was a tank destroyer. In the actual tactical environments in which it was deployed, there was little use for this ability.
RIA Self-Guided Tour: The "Ontos" - The United States Army
Apr 26, 2019 · Ontos is Greek for "the thing." The M50 is a light, mobile, anti-tank system with six 106MM recoilless rifles. The Ontos was developed in the mid-1950s and designed for sea-to-land invasions....
M50 Ontos (Thing) Tank Destroyer / Anti-Personnel Vehicle
Mar 3, 2018 · Detailing the technical specifications, development, and operational history of the M50 Ontos (Thing) Tank Destroyer / Anti-Personnel Vehicle including pictures.