Re: Odd units you love and hate
The M50 Ontos was intended as a "shoot 'n scoot" anti-tank weapon; small, fast.
The 106mm reconciles was a decent AT weapon for it's day but just wasn't man portable and putting them on jeeps had limitations as they were unarmored. Of course if you missed or had multiple tanks attacking it suffered the same problems any anti-tank gun does, in spades due to the back blast. So multiple guns wasn't a bad idea. Why 6 vice 2 or 4 I have no idea. And the chassis was just too small to carry much 106mm ammo. they were never intended to slug it out with tanks so this wasn't seen as much of a problem.
Come Vietnam they became the terror of the VC when loaded with 6x beehive rounds. Can't see the VC hiding in the jungle? *BLAM* No more jungle.
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