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Very nice pic! Look like the crew is using a 45mm M1932 anti-tank gun,Good morning Gunnutz New day New pictureI think this one is pretty wild to say the lest
To have the "guts" and stay where you are and keep fighting is incredible.
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Joe
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Yup, 8 x 57 for the Chinese. A lot of these got pointed back at our troops in Korea a few yrs later. BTW Inglis also did a good job of making Shakespeare level wind fishing reels in Canada during the '50s/60s. Some of these even had the " Inglis Diamond" TM applied.
Note that the wheels on this little gun are the same as used on a Model A Ford.
Photo thus postdates the purchase of the German FORD plant and subsequent setting-up of the tooling at Gorki.
Russian version of the JEEP was the GAZ-A (Gorki Automobile Factory type A) and there also were a GAZ-AA and GAZ-AAA, the 3/4-ton and 1-1/2-ton versions of the A truck. Four-cylinder flathead inline motors developing 40 BHP. But this is where the excess wheels went to, I guess!
NEAT picture!
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Photo thus postdates the purchase of the German FORD plant and subsequent setting-up of the tooling at Gorki.
Russian version of the JEEP was the GAZ-A (Gorki Automobile Factory type A) and there also were a GAZ-AA and GAZ-AAA, the 3/4-ton and 1-1/2-ton versions of the A truck. Four-cylinder flathead inline motors developing 40 BHP. But this is where the excess wheels went to, I guess!
NEAT picture!
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Good morning fellow gunnutz. New day new picture found this last night( had no idea)
The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine.
Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle.
Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
Cheers
Joe
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found this last night( had no idea)The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine.
Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle.
Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
Cheers
Joe
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Note the very thin magazine: single column feed, held only 20 rounds but changed real quick. Thanks smellie
I never noticed how thin the magazine was ! I wonder if they ever though to make it a belt fed
You had to change the magazine real quick. The mag. catch was part of the magazine, and retained the rounds. No feed lips on the magazine. As the mag. was seated, the rounds were freed, and the catch engaged. Bobble the operation, and you had rounds all over.
The magazine release was on the housing - it cammed the mag. catch free from the housing.
I know this is something new to me too! Its kinda neat, the things you find when looking for Russians in WW2. They though of everything to use in the military! And most things where done very, very simple. ( aside from the independent suspension lol , you would think leaf springs would be faster to make in the factory's. And easy to change in the field? )
Cheers
Joe
Good morning fellow gunnutz. New day new picture
The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine.
Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle.
Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
Cheers
Joe
Thanks for the comments! Keep them coming
Was that a 360 degree turret? I wonder if there was an interrupter cam to allow firing thorough the prop blades?
....that's exactly what i thought too!
That is way beyond cool...thanks!
Good morning fellow gunnutz. New day new picture
The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine.
Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle.
Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
Cheers
Joe
Thanks for the comments! Keep them coming
