Development of 90-mm Gun Tank, T69

Abstract

Work on the T69 tank was begun in May 1951. Six different turret designs were evaluated by APG and AFF before one was selected for development. Even then it was necessary to study in detail the ballistic protection afforded by this design; this was done by actually casting several ballistic turrets and shipping them to APG for tests. Only after these matters had been settled was the final assembly of a pilot model begun. This model, utilizing the hull of one of the six T42 tank pilot models, was completed at the beginning of 1955.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1956
Accession Number
AD0395256

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Automatic
  • Control Systems
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Government Procurement
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Gun Support Equipment
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Periscopes
  • Projectiles
  • Range Finders
  • Tank Guns
  • Tank Turrets
  • Torque Converters

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.