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M56 Scorpion of 16th Armor, US 173rd Airborne Brigade firing at Viet Cong during Operation Toledo 17 June 1966. The M56 saw combat service with U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. It was deployed with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which was the only Airborne Brigade deployed with the M56, [1] where it was used mainly in a direct fire-support role.
As a tank gun it was the main weapon of the M36 tank destroyer and M26 Pershing tank, as well as a number of post-war tanks like the M56 Scorpion. It was also briefly deployed from 1943–1946 as a coast defense weapon with the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Each gun cost roughly $50,000 to make in 1940 and utilized up to 30 separate ...
Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
M56 Howitzer, a Yugoslav copy of the M101A1 howitzer M56 Scorpion , an unarmoured American self-propelled anti-tank gun M56 Smart Gun, a fictional weapon used in Aliens (film) and related media
M50 Ontos and M56 Scorpion 1956–70: US Tank Destroyers of the Vietnam War. New Vanguard 240. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472814739. Kutta, Timothy J., "ONTOS: The USMC's Most Famous Anti-Tank Weapon", Modern War magazine, no. #14 November/December 2014, Bakersfield, California: Strategy & Tactics Press (Decision Games), pp. 72– 75
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle and light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) , CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles.
The M56 submachine gun is a Yugoslavian submachine gun chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, designed for use with the Yugoslav People's Army. Initially a state-funded product, it was later produced by Zastava Arms and saw use in a number of conflicts following the breakup of former Yugoslavia .
M56 submachine gun: Zastava Arms: 7.62×25mm Tokarev Yugoslavia: 1956 SMG M76: Smith & Wesson: 9×19mm Parabellum 9mm caseless United States: 1967-1974 SMG MAC-10: Military Armament Corporation.45 ACP United States: 1970-1973 SMG MP MAC-11: Military Armament Corporation.380 ACP United States: 1972-present SMG MP Minebea PM-9: Minebea Co. 9× ...