On of my more cheaply-acquired books is "Land Forces of the World" (Christopher Chant, 1990, Crescent Books/Crown Publishers/Brian Todd Publishing House Ltd, ISBN 8-0), Switzerland also developed two types of 90 mm anti-tanks after WW2, the Pak 50 and the Pak 57, which fire HEAT rounds. HE-CAN-90 has a maximum range of 4200 m and creates roughly 2.600 splinters with an effective radius of 11 mĬNT-CAN-90 (Canister) has a maximum range of 300 m and contains 1.120 lead balls, which are dispersed at 4° and cover a 4x3,5 m area at 50 m distance HEAT-CAN-90 has an effective range of 1000 m and penetrates 350 mm of armour or 1200 mm of concrete at 0° Several types of ammunition an be used, including HE, HEAT, Canister, Smoke and Practise: Rounds are fin-stablilized, casings are made from brass. Three outriggers allow for a quick 360° traverse The MECAR 90 mm Field Mount uses a light-weight, low recoil gun designed primarily for light armoured vehicles which was adapted for use as an anti-tank gun. ![]() I never read that they offered the 90/46 in a towed variant, I was under the impression that this is a quite modern purely vehicle-mounted gun? Never heard about that NORICUM gun either, but it sounds interesting! Got any pics?Īnyway, I found some info on the 90 mm MECAR Field Mount: MECAR KEnerga 90/46 towed 90mm gun (Belgium, now known as Cockerill Mk8). MECAR light towed AT 90mm gun (Belgium), ![]() NORICUM ATG N-105 (Austrian), 105mm gun,
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