Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six 106 mm manually loaded M40 recoilless rifles as its main armament, which could be fired in rapid succession against single targets to increase the probability of a kill.

Aug 10, 2021 · View of the American-made Ontos M50, a light armored anti-tank vehicle, seeking defensive positions after landing on Chu Lai beach in Vietnam, June 1965. It possesses six M40 106mm recoilless rifles, which could be fired in rapid succession.

Jul 15, 2021 · With its tiny chassis, tinier turret and six, massive, externally mounted recoilless rifles, the M50 Ontos had to have been the strangest armored vehicle ever to make it into the American military inventory.

Jul 11, 2018 · Officially known as the “Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50,” the Ontos was a tracked, lightly armored anti-tank vehicle developed as a fast tank killer for airborne forces. It mounted six M40 106 mm recoilless rifles that could be fired in …

May 13, 2023 · An M50 Ontos moves into a firing position at Con Thien, near the DMZ in Vietnam. Image: Sgt. J.S. Ryan/U.S.M.C. The Marines were interested. Enough so that they took the entire production run of just under 300 vehicles in 1965, listing it on the inventory as Rifle, Multiple 106mm, Self-Propelled, M50.

Officially known as the Rifle, Multiple 106-mm, Self-propelled, M50, the Ontos was the primary tank-destroyer used by the U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. Designed to be an...

Jun 29, 2017 · Though the Ontos boasted six tank-busting 106 mm recoilless rifles, it never engaged a tank, instead serving the Marines as a mobile infantry support weapon in Vietnam. (Illustration by Henry Morshead, from New Vanguard 240: U.S. Tank Destroyers of the Vietnam War, Osprey Publishing Ltd.)

The video provides a detailed history and analysis of the M50 Ontos, a unique and versatile vehicle used by the Marines during the Vietnam War. It highlights the vehicle's...

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The Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was an American light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. It mounted six M40 106 mm recoilless rifles...