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A more satisfactory mounting was found in August 1943 by utilizing the turret design of the T23 tank on the M4 chassis to carry the 76 mm gun. [14] The 76 mm M1A1 version of the gun was then created, having a longer recoil surface to also help with balance by permitting the placement of the trunnions further to the front. [14]
Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.
This was an internal gun/mortar mounted in the left side of the turret of the M4 Sherman tank. The M3 mortar was a conversion of the British SBML Ordnance 2-Inch Mortar that was used from 1943-1945. It could lay down a smoke cloud within 20 to 120 yards of the vehicle. R4AAA = Bomb, Smoke, Mk.I/L.
The possibility of mounting the main gun of the M6 heavy tank, the 3-inch gun M7, in the turret of the M4 Sherman was explored first, but its size and weight (the weapon was modified from a land-based antiaircraft gun) made it too large to fit in the turret of the Sherman. Development on a new 76 mm gun better suited to the Sherman began in ...
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
M1 La Plant bulldozer for M4 Sherman (G228) M2 La Plant bulldozer for M4 Sherman (G228) M3 bulldozer for M46 Patton (G246) M4 bulldozer for M24 Chaffee (G265) M5 bulldozer for T8E4, and M8 high speed tractor; M6 bulldozer for M47 Patton (G286) M7 unknown; M8 bulldozer for M48 Patton (G278) M9 bulldozer for M60 (G306)
M4A1(76)W – Upgraded with 76 mm M1 gun and large drivers' hatches. M4A1(76)W HVSS – Upgraded with widetrack HVSS, fitted with the 76 mm M1 gun. M4A1E9 – Late war remanufacturing featuring spaced out VVSS suspension, extended end connectors on both sides of the tracks. Some appeared in Europe before VE Day. Users: US, France, many postwar ...
The US version in British service was the Lee (named after General Lee); the British specification version (a different turret) was the Grant (named after General Grant). M4 = Medium M4 Sherman with 75 mm M3 (L/38) gun; M4 (76) = Medium M4 Sherman with 76 mm M1-series gun; M4 (105) = Medium M4 Sherman with 105 mm howitzer