By David Nicolle, Angus McBride
The dramatic eruption of the Arab peoples from Arabia after their adoption of the Muslim religion within the seventh century is still the most outstanding occasions in international historical past. by way of the tip of that century they governed a country that stretched from the Atlantic to India, from southern Arabia to vital Asia, overlaying a space some distance more than that of the Roman Empire. for that reason battle, not less than one of the nomadic bedouin, used to be a standard point of lifestyles. Complemented via quite a few illustrations, together with 8 complete web page color plates via Angus McBride, this specified textual content through David Nicolle tells the true tale of the armies of the Muslim conquest.
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The gunner aimed the gun by moving the back rest with his body. 25in shields were provided, one on the upper part of the pedestal (this traversed with the gun) and the other fitted on the gun itself. These shields together weighed 118lb. The gun was 49in above the ground and the sights 74in. For semipermanent installation, the legs were removed and a 52lb pedestal base fitted, which could be bolted to a concrete or timber base. Although the M2A1 remained in use, an improved antiaircraft mount was developed in 1943.
To enable the M3 tripod to be used as an antiaircraft mount, the M1 elevator cradle was adopted. This was a vertical pedestal fitted in the pintle bushing in the tripod’s head. Three stabilizer legs were fitted to the pedestal. The cradle also allowed the gun to be set up to fire over walls, from within trenches, and from behind other elevated cover. It offered a minus 45 degrees depression and a 90-degree elevation. Including the M3 tripod, the assembly weighed 95lb. ” It held 100 rounds folded in the lower portion and another 100 in the 32 6 Mils are an angular measurement with 6,400 mils to a circle.
The M13 and M16 halftracks had the M45 quad gun mount. The M13, M15, M15A1, and M16 were mounted on M3 halftracks and the M14 and M17 were on M5 halftracks, which were only produced as Lend-Lease supplies to the Allies. The M16 was used through the Korean War. There was one other vehicle fitted with the quad M45F mount – the 2½-ton M35A1 cargo truck. This mount was actually an M55 trailer mount with the wheels removed and secured in the cargo bed. Late in World War II, limited use was made of GMC 2½-ton cargo trucks to carry M45 quad mounts.