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The 37 mm gun motor carriage M6, also known as M6 Fargo, and under the manufacturer (Dodge)'s designation WC55, was a modified Dodge WC52 light truck mounting a light anti-tank gun. It was used by the United States Army for infantry support and as a mobile anti-tank gun. It operated from late 1942 to January 1945 in the Mediterranean, European ...
The 85-mm antitank gun D-48 (Russian: 85-мм противотанковая пушка Д-48) was a Soviet 85-mm calibre anti-tank gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3). Distinguishing features of the D-48 include a very long barrel and a pepper-pot muzzle brake. The D-48 was ...
The 75 mm gun, models M2 to M6, was the standard American medium caliber gun fitted to mobile platforms during World War II. They were primarily mounted on tanks, such as the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman, but one variant was also used as an air-to-ground gun on the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircraft. There were five main variants used during the war ...
45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) Soviet Union: World War II 45: 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) Soviet Union: World War II 45: 45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) Soviet Union: World War II 47: C.47 F.R.C. Mod.31 Belgium: World War II 47: 47 SA 37 France: World War II 47: Type 1 anti-tank gun Japan: World War II 47: 4cm kanón vz. 36 ...
Initially, a multi-turreted design was proposed, with two main turrets each armed with a low-velocity T6 75 mm (2.95 inch) gun, a secondary turret with a 37 mm gun and a coaxial .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine gun, and another secondary turret with a 20 mm gun and a coaxial .30 caliber machine gun.
The 90 mm gun M1/M2/M3 was an American heavy anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun, playing a role similar to the German 8.8cm Flak 18. It had a 3.5 in (90 mm) diameter bore, and a 50 caliber barrel, giving it a length of 15 ft (4.6 m). It was capable of firing a 3.5 in × 23.6 in (90 mm × 600 mm) shell 62,474 ft (19,042 m) horizontally, or a ...
The M1897 guns used the same 75×350 mm R ammunition as the 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 tank guns of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, and 'gunship' version of the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. The M2 was a L/31 gun, the M1897 was L/36, and the M3 was L/40. The muzzle velocity of the M2 was 1,930 ft/s (588 m/s), the M1897 was 2,000 ft/s (610 m ...
HEAT: 905-950 m/s. HE: 760 m/s. Effective firing range. APFSDS / HEAT: 3,000 m. HE: 4,000 m. ATGM: 5,000 m. The 2A46 (also called D-81TM) is a 125 mm/L48 smoothbore cannon of Soviet origin used in several main battle tanks. It was designed by OKB-9 (Artillery Plant No. 9) in Yekaterinburg.