It took at least two men to keep up with continuous fire from a deployed open-carriage Bofors L/60, assuming a cache of ammo clips not more than six feet away from the gun.
The gun inside that drum would be very hard to load. Way too tight a space. plus the entire space would be moving as the gun tracked the target. Loaders normally at least get a stable ground-surface on which to work. Not in this vehicle, though.
It seems to be an endemic problem, getting SPAAG engineers to provide enough working room for the loaders and the ammo cache. The Germans couldn't get it right, either, i.e. Wirbelwind, Ostwind, Kugelblitz.
As to using the vehicle in urban combat, the ball might provide splinter-and-bullet protection, but not more than that. It couldn't be thicker and still have room for the gunning process. So, you certainly wouldn't want to get anywhere near enemy infantry. A Molotov cocktail or any sort of HEAT device, or maybe even an HMG with AP ammo, would be the end.
The gun inside that drum would be very hard to load. Way too tight a space. plus the entire space would be moving as the gun tracked the target. Loaders normally at least get a stable ground-surface on which to work. Not in this vehicle, though.
It seems to be an endemic problem, getting SPAAG engineers to provide enough working room for the loaders and the ammo cache. The Germans couldn't get it right, either, i.e. Wirbelwind, Ostwind, Kugelblitz.
As to using the vehicle in urban combat, the ball might provide splinter-and-bullet protection, but not more than that. It couldn't be thicker and still have room for the gunning process. So, you certainly wouldn't want to get anywhere near enemy infantry. A Molotov cocktail or any sort of HEAT device, or maybe even an HMG with AP ammo, would be the end.