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TERRORDT VEHICLES tr AIRCRAFT This handbook has been produced by Army Headquarters to familiarise our troops with the vehicles and aircraft likely to be seen operating around our borders. Particular attention should be paid to the vulnerable points on the vehicles so that if contact is made, troops will know exactly where to aim for a quick kill It is recommended that Officers give periods of instruction to their troops to ensure full advantage is taken of this handbook kif, ARMY HEADQUARTERS G(Trg)/PR/Art Specifications Crew: 3 Weight: 4,7 tons Length: 12ft 10 inches Width: 6ft § inches Height: 6ft 2 inches This armoured car is air portable and is specially designed for long range reconnaissance and guorilla warfare. There are four different types in service. Speed: 56 mph, ‘The main difference being in the turret armament. The H90-7 is ermed with 60 mm mortar and two medium machine guns, the H80-12 having a 60 mm mortar and on heavy machine gun. The H80-7 SSII is equipped with four SSII guided missiles, The H90-7 has a larger turret and is armed with a 90 mm ‘gun and medium machine gun. ‘Armament: 60 mm Mortar One or two 7,62 mm MG or one 12,7 MG Type H90 Specifications Crow: Weight: 5.4 tons Length: 16ft 9 inches Width: 6ft 5 inches Height: 6ft 10 inches Speed: 56 m.p.h. Armament: 90 mm gun 7,8 coaxial MG 4 smoke grenade dischargers General features A squat four wheeled vehicle, hull sloped downwards at the front and the rear. Semi circular wheel arches with large stowage bins adjacent to each rear Wheel with louvred engine ventilation cowl. Sand channels are mounted across the front of the hull. Headlamps either side of the towing shackle below the channels, There are three centrally placed periscopes on the drivers, top hatch. The turret is shallow rounded with sloping sides and a prominent sighting periscope on the right hand side. The H90 has a larger turret which overhangs at the rear, The commanders hatch has a domed cupola and there is square mantlet. AML 245 HSO td Specifications Crew: 2 Weight: 53 tons Length: 16ft 6 inches Width; 6ft 7 inches Height: 6ft Speed: 48 mop.h Armament: 7,62 mm MG General features This vehicle is basically similar to the APC 6 BTR 162. It has an angular sloping front with a square box-like body, The front mudguards are hexagonal. Both the driver's cab and the rear body are open. The machine gun may be mounted on the front, sides or in the rear. Specifications Crew: 3 (12 Personnel) Weight: 6 tons Length: 23ft Width: 7ft 9 inches Height: 74 Spoed: 50 m.p.h, ‘Armament: 7,62 mm MG This vehicle has an octagonal shaped box bedy with a long sloping bonnet. ‘The rear plate is vertical with @ spare wheel mounted on the rear door. The mudguards are curved in the front and angular in the rear. It has twin visors on the front. The body is open on the top and the machine gun may be mounted centrally over the drivers enclosed cab, IM ee ton verve Specifications Crew: 2 Weight: 5 tons Longth: 18ft Width: 7ft 8 inches Height: 6ft (missiles stowed) Speed: 40 m.p.h, Armament: 3 or 4 guided missiles on the GM version only. The BRDM was designed as a light reconnaissance vehicle with the ability to cross water obstacles. In two other versions the hull is modified to form storage for three or four guided missiles and when opened up form a launching platform. The vehicle has four wheel drive with four additional wheels which can be lowered when crossing broken ground end when fording. The GM vehicle has a box like reer hull with a ribbed deck and vertical sides and rear (when closed down). The recce version has flat sides and a rounded front. There are two handrails on the rear deck Weight: 7 tons Length: 18ft 4 inches Width: 7ft 1 inch Height: ft 3 inches Speed: 60 mp.h. Armament: 14,5 mm heavy MG 7,62 mm MG ‘This vehicle is basically similar to the BRDM but it has the engine at the reer and 8 small conical turret with a heavy machine gun. Specification Crew: 4 Weight: 28 tons Length: 194 11 inches Width: 9ft 10 inches Height: 7ft 9 inches Speed: 32 map.h Armament: 76,2 mm gun Coax 7,62 MG Hull 7,62 MG Goneral features Flat topped turret with sloping sides and rear. Prominent rounded turret front with large external recuperator housing. The turret is set well forward on the hhull which is flat topped with sloping front sides and rear. On the sloping rear plate there are two exhaust cylinders. [en T34 76 Specifications Crow: 5 Weight: 30 tons Length: 19ft 6 inches Width: 9ft 10 inches Height: aft ‘Speed: 30 m.p.h, Armament: 85 mm gun Coax 7,62 mm MG Hull 7,62 mm MG Gonoral features. Flat topped turret with cupola offset to the left, two large mushroom ventilator cowls, The turret is set well forward on the hull. The hull is flat topped sloping to the sides and the rear, It can carry auxiliary fuel tanks to the rear of the turret, these can be jettisoned. There are 5 large road wheels. a evans ry Specification Crew: 4 Weight: 32 tons General features Mee een Large squat mushroom turret with or without 12.7 machine gun mounting. Fiat engine deck, deep vertical rear plate. Suspension similar to T34, but Waite (acts there is a. gap between No. 1 and 2 road wheels. Haight: 74 inches gap . ‘Speed: 30 mp.h, Armament: 100 mm gun 12,7 mm anti Specifications Crew: 3 Weight: 15 tons Length: 22ft Width: 10ft Height: 7ft 2 inches Speed: 25 m.p.h. (road speed) Armament: 76 mm gun 7,82 mm MG Goneral features, The PT 76 is an amphibious tank with @ twin water jet propulsion system. The chassis is used in over eight other vehicle series. The PT 76 has a low conical turret with a flat top. The hatch is large with twin domes. There are six road wheels with wider spacing between No. 5 and 6. The PT 76 is thin skinned. TB 6 pen Qprvsesnerne Specifications. Crew: 4 Weight: 12 tons Length: 18ft 6 inches Width: 7ft 11 inches Height: 6ft 11 inches Speed: 60 mp.h. Armament: 75 mm or 105 mm Gun Three 7.5 MG General features, Long low hull with four large road wheels. There are four large cross country Wheels which can be carried in the raised position when they are not in use. The turret is squat with a domed cupola offset to the left hand side. There is a prominent gun mounting bulge. Speci Crew: 3 Weight: 15 tons Length: 21ft 4 inches Width: 10ft 63 inches Height: 8ft 5$ inches Speed: 30 mph, Armament: 4 x 23 mm guns Large box-like structure with external bins. The front plate is steeply sl with the driver on the forward left hand side, The suspension system is similar to the PT 76 but there is @ prominent space between No. 1 and 2 road wheels. ‘A radar dish is mounted at the rear of the turret and this may be folded down ‘when the vehicle is travelling. There are four 23 mm guns mounted and these have a high rate of fire. Radar system fire control. 40 ZSU 23 4 Specifications ‘Speed: 600 m.p.h Range: 300 miles (combat radius) Dimensions: Span 36ft Length: 3eft Height: 11ft ‘Armament: Three 23 mm cannon Four pods containing 8 65 mm rockets Two 210 mm air to ground missiles or two 550 Ib bombs. Specifications Speed: 740 m.p. Range: 750 miles (combat radivs) Dimensions: Span: 36ft 6 inches Length: 44ft 3 inches Height: 13ft 6 inches Armament: Two 23 mm cannon in the nose Four pods each containing eight 55 mm air to air rockets or two ods each containing nineteen 55 mm rockets Specifications Speed: 808 mph Range: 683 miles Dimensions: Span: 23 ft 83 inches Length: 61 #84 inches Armaments: Twin barrel 23 mm cannon in the fuselage Two 1 000 Ib. bombs or four rocket pods each containing sixteen 57 mm rockets. Basic Jet trainer Specifications Speed: 470 mph (max) j Range: 770 miles Dimensions: Span: 34 ft 4} inches nts Length: 33 ft11 inches Height: 10 ft 9 inches ‘Armaments: Two 12.7 mm machine guns mounted in the nose and underwing pylons for two 110 Ib. bombs or four 57 mm rockets. Specifications Crew: 2 Passengers: 10 Dimensions: Main rotor diameter 471 63 inches. Length: 87ft 2 inches Height 12ft 33 inches Weight: 2 365 kg unloaded 3.700 kg loaded Range: 105 miles or 170 km fully loaded Armament: Generally unarmed but it can have rockot or gun pods mounted externally Passengers: 68 Dimensions: Main rotor diameter: 11ft 10 inches. Length: 108ft 103 inches Height: 32ft 4 inches Weight: 27 240 kg unloaded 42.500 kg loaded Range: 400 miles or 650 km Armament: Normally unarmed but has been known to have a nose gun of about 12,7 mm calibre. Dimensions: Main rotor diameter: 55ft Length: 55ft 9 inches Mi-24 ("Hind A") Helght: 14ft Weight: 6 600 kg unloaded 11 500 kg loaded ‘Armament: 12,7 mm machine gun mounted in the nose. Various weapon loads can be carried in pods under the wings. The gunship version is known to have a four barrel cannon with

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