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M42 Duster

Ground-based air defence (short range) · Land · General Motors · United States

Wikidata: 1950s self-propelled twin 40 mm anti-aircraft gun system

Operators among the 24
1
Active, across the 24
0
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1953

Catalogue entry

Designation
M42
First flight or launch
–
In service
1953
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
General Motors
Wikidata classes
combat vehicle family
Identifiers
Q685851 · factbase.org/sys/DM7G17RN92 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
Türkiye–110

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1954: 501956: 5121958: 151960: 201961: 171962: 281965: 401967: 251968: 81969: 2121972: 301973: 2591975: 51976: 311978: 11979: 2621980: 101195419671980max 512
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of M42 Duster by year

Recipients: Germany (496), Taiwan (295), Türkiye (262), Jordan (212), Greece (101), Italy (50), Venezuela (46), Austria (38), South Vietnam (25), Japan (20), Thailand (18), Saudi Arabia (16), Tunisia (16), Lebanon (15), Guatemala (5), Somalia (1).

In the same category, in service within 15 years

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