On February 21, 1968, U.S. Marines brought the M50 Ontos into action along the Perfume River during the Battle of Huế in Hue City, Vietnam.
The 9-ton tracked vehicle, nicknamed the Thing, mounted six 106mm recoilless rifles and could thread the city’s narrow streets and alleys where the heavier 50-ton M48 tanks often could not.
That day Marine infantry used Ontos fire to reduce NVA strongpoints and fortified buildings as units pressed toward the Citadel walls on the north bank of the river.
Its rapid salvos of high-explosive and beehive rounds blasted openings through masonry and silenced flanking fire from across the water, giving rifle companies the direct support they needed in the tight urban fight.
Colonel Stanley S. Hughes later called the Ontos the most effective of all Marine supporting arms in the battle. 🫡
1944 | Polonya direniş grubu Yeraltı Ordusu'nun SSCB’den önce Varşova’yı Almanlardan kurtarmak için başlattığı ancak SSCB’nin yönetimi komünistlere vermek amacıyla Vistül Nehri kıyısında 2 ay beklediği sırada Wehrmacht ve Waffen-SS Varşova’nın %85’ini yok ederek isyanı bastırıyor
I’d like to find out more information about this vehicle, but I can’t seem to find much of anything online.
I do know is that this is based on the Mowag Tornado IFV hull and uses a low profile turret with the Rh-105-11 gun.
So if anyone has any more info on it like when it was created, official designation ect. I would be very thankful.