M50 Ontos

M50 Ontos
Alternate Name(s)	Ontos
Tier / Class	Tier 4 TD
Type	Special Premium
Place of Origin	USA
Dealer	Oscar Faraday
Crew
Commander Driver
Sustained Damage
Damage	520
Penetration	665 mm
Damage per Minute	5464 per min.
Reload Time	32.25 s
Defense
Hit Points	1400
Hull vs AP	15 mm
Hull vs HEAT	25 mm
Hull Composition	Steel
Turret vs AP	45 mm
Turret vs HEAT	55 mm
Turret Composition	Steel
Mobility
Max Speed	56 km/h
Acceleration 0 to 32 km/h	3.06 s
Weight	8600 kg
Hull Traverse	63.55 deg/s
Utility
Camo (Overall)	22 %
Vision Range while Moving	350 m
Targeting
Depression/Elevation	-10° / 20°
Accuracy (Fully Aimed)	0.200 °
Aim Time	2.5 s
Turret Traverse	40 deg/s
Max Turret Rotation	80 °

The M50 Ontos is a Tier 4 special premium Tank Destroyer under Oscar Faraday's dealership.

History

Class: Self-Propelled Recoilless Gun Carrier
Developed: 1952
Service: 1956-1970
Vehicles Built: 321
Operators: USA

The Ontos ("Thing" in Greek) is a self-propelled recoilless gun carrier and one of the most iconic American vehicles of the Vietnam War. The original Ontos was developed as an alternative to the M56 Scorpion airborne self-propelled gun. In the late 1940s and the early 1950s, the U.S. military recognized the need for a light, mobile tank killer that would be able to traverse even rough terrain to ambush the enemy as well as to be deployed via parachute drops from a cargo plane, arriving on the ground practically combat-ready. The Scorpion would, however, suffer from poor stability and negligible crew protection.

The Ontos was born of the same mindset but had several key differences, the most notable being the fact that the standard rifled gun was replaced by a set of recoilless ones, which allowed the diminutive vehicle to carry incredible firepower. The vehicle also had its downsides and the U.S. Army rejected it only for the U.S. Marine Corps to pick up the tab and order some 300 vehicles delivered between 1956 and 1957.

The Ontos saw action several times before it was deployed in Vietnam. In one of the weirdest tank actions of post-war history, an Ontos knocked out a Swedish WW2 era Landsverk L-60 tank during the 1965 American intervention in the Dominican Republic. With the exception of one or two events, it was never really used as an anti-tank vehicle during the Vietnam War – instead, it was deployed as heavy fire support to various marine infantry units. It excelled in urban combat – a single salvo could level an entire building and the Vietnamese quickly learned to fear it. In other cases, it was essentially used as artillery, firing indirectly at long ranges and bombarding the enemy into submission. The canister rounds were especially devastating against charging Viet Cong troops with a single Ontos being capable of literally shredding sometimes dozens of enemies at once with one salvo. The HE rounds, on the other hand, turned out to be very effective against improvised entrenched positions in the jungle.

However, due to the lack of spare parts and general maintenance issues, the Ontos starting to disappear from the battlefields in 1968 and very few of these vehicles survived the Vietnam War. It was officially phased out in 1973 and the last unit to feature an operational Ontos was likely the Guantanamo Bay garrison that had one working vehicle in 1980.

Vehicle Traits

• Stealthy: This vehicle does not lose any camouflage when moving at any speed, which is handy primarily for scouting.
• HESH Rounds: This vehicle can fire special Squash Head rounds. These are extremely effective against angled armor that is typical for Soviet tanks.
• Off-Road Capability: This vehicle has increased maneuverability in rough terrain and on soft surfaces that would normally slow a tank down.

Ammunition

#	Ammo Name	Ammo Type	XP Cost	Damage	Penetration	Velocity	Reload Time	More Info
1	106mm M346A1 HEP	HEP	Stock	360	410 mm	650 m/s	25.00 s	Toggle
Accuracy (Fully Aimed): 0.32 ° Magazine Type: Clip Partial Reload: Yes Reload within Magazine: 1.82 s Fire Chance Bonus: 100 % Damage Randomization: ± 15 % Penetration Randomization: ± 15 % Bonus Module Damage: 35 % Spall Threshold: 137 mm
2	106mm M344A1 HEAT	HEAT	Stock	520	665 mm	700 m/s	25.00 s	Toggle
Accuracy (Fully Aimed): 0.30 ° Magazine Type: Clip Partial Reload: Yes Reload within Magazine: 1.82 s Fire Chance Bonus: 300 % Damage Randomization: ± 10 % Penetration Randomization: ± 10 % Bonus Module Damage: 25 %
3	12.7mm AP	AP	Stock	15	30 mm	855 m/s	5.00 s	Toggle
Accuracy (Fully Aimed): 0.98 ° Magazine Type: Clip Partial Reload: Yes Magazine Size: 800 Burst Fire Rate: 400 rd/min Damage Randomization: ± 10 % Penetration Randomization: ± 10 % Ricochet Angle: 67.0 °

Upgrades

Armor

M50 Ontos Stock Armor

XP Cost	Credit Cost	Hull Armor	Hull Composition	Turret Armor	Turret Composition	ERA Name	ERA Penetration Reduction
Stock	Stock	15 mm (vs AP) 25 mm (vs HEAT)	Steel	45 mm (vs AP) 55 mm (vs HEAT)	Steel	N/A	N/A vs AP N/A vs HEAT
This vehicle's light armor offers basic protection from autocannons and machineguns.

Weapon

#	Name	XP Cost	Credit Cost	Aim Time	Reload Time	More Info
Weapon1	Six 105mm M40 Recoilless Rifiles	Stock	Stock	2.50 s	25.00 s	Toggle
Stats: Magazine Type: Clip Magazine Size: 6 Reload within Magazine: 1.82 s Burst Fire Rate: 33.00 rd/min Depression/Elevation: -10.0° / 20.0° Ammo: 106mm M346A1 HEP 106mm M344A1 HEAT 12.7mm AP

Engine

Name	XP Cost	Credit Cost	Max Speed	Reverse Speed	Forward Acceleration	Hull Traverse	Fire Chance
Chrysler HT-361-318 180 hp Petrol Engine	Stock	Stock	56 km/h	29 km/h	3.06 s (0 to 32 km/h) 9.59 s (0 to Max Speed)	63.55°	15 %

Parts

Name	XP Cost	Credit Cost	Description	Notes
M90 Smoke Grenades	Stock	Stock	Comes with 6 charges in total Magazine capacity: 2 charges Takes 3s to recharge Duration: 10s Magazine reload time: 25s
Loading Assistant	Stock	Stock	Burst rate of fire is increased by 455% Magazine reload time is increased by 22%
Improved Sights	Stock	Stock	Accuracy is increased by 39% Burst rate of fire is decreased by 25%
Improved Optics Lenses	Stock	Stock	Accuracy is improved by 50%
Improved Optics Stabilizer	Stock	Stock	Reduces the accuracy penalties for firing and traversing the turret.
Improved Cooling System	Stock	Stock	Camouflage factor is increased by 2% Enemy Thermal Sights effectiveness is reduced by 30%
Improved Tracks	Stock	Stock	Mobility (Light Terrain): 91.6% Mobility (Heavy Terrain): 78.5%

Abilities

#	Name	XP Cost	Stats	Activation Time	Duration	Cooldown	More Info
Retreat	Retreat	Stock	Camouflage Factor: +10% Acceleration: +50% Vision Range: -25.0037% Rate of Fire: -10.71%	N/A	20 s	60 s	Toggle
Description: This ability allows you to fall back quickly by temporarily improving your camouflage factor and acceleration. However, it also reduces your vision range and reload speed. Conditions: No conditions bound to this ability.