- 40M Nimrod
Infobox Weapon
name=40M Nimrod
caption=
origin=flagicon|Hungary|1940 Kingdom of Hungary,Ganz ,Budapest
type=
is_vehicle=yes
crew=6
length= 5.32m
width= 2.31m
height= 2.8m
weight=10.5 tonnes
armour=6 - 13mm on the hull. 28mm on the turret
primary_armament=40 mm Bofors/60 AA-gun
secondary_armament=
engine=VIII EST 107, 8-cylinder, gasoline, water-cooled
engine_power=150 hp
suspension=
speed=50 km/h
pw_ratio=
vehicle_range=300 kmThe 40M Nimrod was aWorld War II Hungarian anti-aircraft tank based on a license built copy of the SwedishLuftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II tank . Originally, it was intended to be used as an anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapon, but it proved to be ineffective against SovietT-34 tanks. Therefore, it was primarily utilized against lightly armored vehicles and forair defense .A total of 135 Nimrods were built, most of which were deployed by the 51st and 52nd Armoured Autocannon
Battalions of the 1st and 2nd Hungarian Armoured Division, respectively. Nimrod batteries attached to armoured and motorized battalions were allocated six vehicles each. Aplatoon contained 2 vehicles.The vehicles' only armament was a 36M 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun also made in
Hungary under license. The gun fired the usual anti-aircraft ammunition as well as a Hungarian anti-tank round. It had a rate of fire of 120 rounds/minute and a penetration of 46mm at 100m, 30mm at 1000m. The Nimrod carried 160 rounds.Late in the war, the vehicle was issued with the 42M "Kerngranate". This was a rocket grenade fitted over the muzzle in the fashion of a rifle grenade.
The vehicle had a crew of 6 men: the Commander, driver, 2 loaders and 2 operating the gun.
References
* "The Royal Hungarian Army, 1920-1945, Volume II, Hungarian Mobile Forces", by Dr. Peter Mujzer
* "A Magyar Királyi Honvédség Fegyverzete", by Attila Bonhardt, Gyula Sárhidai and László Winkler
* [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/hun/Hungary.html Hungarian WWII AFVs]
* [http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/hungary.htm Pictures from Zrinyi Miklos National Defence University]
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