40M Nimród.

[phatzo]

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[Coalcat1]

I have multiple GV kills in the Ostwind, including a few wirbs, 3 M18s, and 1 T34-76. So if the 40mm was an auto-cannon, +1.

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[Tank-Ace]

Yes yes ammo, I'm aware that my mistake in your precious mustang thread really pissed you off.

[danny76]

 

[RngFndr]

Just curious, what chassis is that? Is it proprietary
to this vehicle??? Don't remember seeing it before..

Looks like Swingarm and vertical coil spring suspension,
with medium sized roadwheels and return rollers..
Should be a good amount of wheel travel, Very nice..
Fairly wide track for it's size too!

Better than most tanks of the period,
actually quite modern looking!

[matt]

+1 Only if we can use it at 135 spawn "Trinity"

[lyric1]

Just curious, what chassis is that? Is it proprietary
to this vehicle??? Don't remember seeing it before..

Looks like Swingarm and vertical coil spring suspension,
with medium sized roadwheels and return rollers..
Should be a good amount of wheel travel, Very nice..
Fairly wide track for it's size too!

Better than most tanks of the period,
actually quite modern looking!

The chassis is made from Hungarian 38M Toldi tank & that was also made under license from the Swedish Landsverk L-60B tank. The Nimrod chassis is longer though.

Here is a couple of links of one of the only two remaining Nimrods during its restoration.
Again like most of the other links it is not in English.

http://www.muemlekem.hu/magazin/nimrod%20restauralas%20hadtorteneti%20intezet%20es%20muzeum

http://www.muemlekem.hu/images/magazin/20100213nimrod/galeria/

After I found the above link I realized unlike the Ostwind & Wirbelwind there is no place inside of this vehicle for a crewman to pass ammunition up from below from a storage area.
So had me thinking why a six man crew?
Driver two loaders a spotter & why on earth would you have two gunners positions?

Then I found this bit of information on a Finnish sight for their version of the gun.

 

So it was all hand cranked meaning that the two gunners had two different jobs. One for cranking the gun in the vertical & one for rotating the turret.

Youtube is so helpful & I found a British Bofors in a video that was built off of the Swedish design in 1940 same time frame as the Nimrod. It also shows the gun sights as well.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fca00UwCy0

[RngFndr]

Well, seems like every Bofors mount I ever saw, had a Gun Trainer, and a Gun Layer..
No matter the country, or the mount, Single Doubles and Quads..
(Axis and Allies both used the Bofors 40mm)

I think around the Vietnam era, in power turrets, they finally went to a single
gunner with dual axis control..

The British used it heavily in North Africa as an Antitank Weapon firing solid shot..
It was very effective..

[lyric1]

Type of Grenade the Nimrod launched.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=111469&start=75

The link that is shown in the first post above says it shows a film with a Nimrod shooting this grenade.
I can't find the film if it is still there or not due to language issues plus the link is old & may not be there anymore.

http://nava.hu/

[lyric1]

I did find the type of Gun sight the Hungarians most likely used it was made in Hungry & it was called the m 34/38 juhasz-gamma loelemkepzo.
They called it the Gamma for short.
There was a few made by several countries around the same time Poland,Belgium,Sweden,Finland.
They all look very much the same & seem to have the simple cross hairs.

Here is a Hungarian gun crew with the Hungarian built unit on a bofors.



Polish.
This is the type in the Youtube video of the British Bofors firing I posted earlier in this thread.












This one was used by Poland & Hungary.



Finland.

[lyric1]

Have not found the information yet on the Traverse speeds for the Nimrod. I did find speeds for the L60 Bofors that is the English version of the gun & it is the same as the Hungarian essentially.

If the Nimrods speed is close to this it is a lot faster than the Wirbel or the Osti they are set at about 27-28 degrees per second.

[lyric1]

Proof 40mm's can make the girl's happy.

[lyric1]

Available in white as well.

[lyric1]

Short history of the Nimrod I found online.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/222280923/40M-Nimrod?secret_password=2j1u2wi3r3j37wpeqxby