Unit of the Week #4 - M163 Vulcan

This week we continue to cover air defense systems in our game.
The unit of this week is the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun M163 Vulcan.

The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is based on the M113A1 tracked armored personnel carrier, which is equipped with a six-barrel 20 mm M168 rotary cannon with range-only radar on the rotating turret. The M168 gun is a modified M61 Vulcan aircraft gun and has a high rate of fire up to 3000 rounds per minute.

Just like its Soviet counterpart ZSU-23-4, the M163 is extremely effective in a ground support role, but its primary mission is to engage low-flying air targets.
M163 was actively used by the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War, as well as exported and used in many military conflicts in the second half of the 20th century (the Lebanese War, Yom Kippur War, etc.)

This week our team focused on the infantry and its mechanics and the creation of gaming maps and game world.

Stay tuned!