It's safe to suggest then that this was a low-to-medium pressure gun, along the lines of the GIAT/DEFA 90mm guns used on various French 4x4 armored cars like the AML (and seeing as the French managed to use, and sell, lightweight 90mm-armed armored cars, they'd have had little use for static/towed variants of the same guns). (info concurs well with Tomas H's previous post) The MECAR Field Mount 90 (same page also) is described as a roughly 32-cal barrel with no mention of APFSDS use, but various types of HEAT, HE, and cannister are mentioned, and offered 10-18 rpm (normal-max), quite respectable. No suggestions of what indirect fire ranges could've been expected.Ĭhant's book also offers a brief description on the same page (p146),ĭetailing a system weight (travelling/firing) of 1000kg even,Īnd its M603 APFSDS round (2.73kg projectile weight), from a 46-cal barrel, was described as offering 1430m/sec to penetrate "NATO standard target armor" at 2000m. Seems reasonable enough, considering what's been achieved with the L7/M68 series guns' ammo.īut at just shy of 8000 pounds (3600kg, but expected to be around 3000kg for a production model), it would've been a beast manhandling around without any sort of APU, and considerably vulnerable to counter-battery fire that would've been an everyday event in any theoretical WW3 European battlefield. The article describes an NP 105 A2 tungsten APFSDS round with a complete weight of 19.3kg (mid-1980s Jane's A & A suggests a penetrator length of 980mm and penetrator weight of 3.7kg Tungalloy T176FA) and a muzzle velocity of 1485m/sec, giving 150mm 60degrees 5800m performance (almost 6 inches at just over 3 & 1/2 miles). It details that it was a 56-caliber gun developed as a trials mount for NORICUM's long-recoil LRN 105 that was intended to use the L7/M68 ammunition. 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), Special Interest: RailRoad Junction, the locomotive encyclopedia.- NORICUM ATG N-105 (Austrian), 105mm gun, Part of a network of sites that includes GlobalFirepower, a data-driven property used in ranking the top military powers of the world, (World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft), (World Directory of Modern Military Warships),, detailing the history of the world's most iconic spyplane, and, cataloguing military medals and ribbons. was used in the generation of this content site is 100% curated by humans. Please direct all other inquiries to militaryfactory AT. We do not sell any of the items showcased on this site. Material presented throughout this website is for historical and entertainment value only and should not to be construed as usable for hardware restoration, maintenance, or general operation. All written content, illustrations, and photography are unique to this website (unless where indicated) and not for reuse/reproduction in any form. trademarks protected by all applicable domestic and international intellectual property laws. The "Military Factory" name and logo are registered ® U.S. 2024 Military Pay Chart Military Ranks DoD Dictionary Conversion Calculators Military Alphabet Code Military Map Symbols
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