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The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor, and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3. Conceived in 1943, the M36 first served ...
Its performance, light weight and high rate of fire made it a popular anti-tank weapon in the pre-war Europe. Introduction of better armored tanks early in World War II, however, made the gun obsolete (as with other similarly performing weapons such as the German 3.7 cm Pak 36 and the United States 37 mm Gun M3).
Bofors M36, an anti-aircraft autocannon; Bulgarian M36 helmet, of the Bulgarian Army prior to and during World War II; Panssarimiina m/36, a Finnish anti-tank mine; Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 (75 mm M.36), a mountain artillery gun; M36, a variant of the US Army M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck
SPAAG/Tank destroyer: 135 40 mm autocannon 40M Turán I: Medium tank: 285 40 mm gun, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 41M Turán II: Medium tank: 139-195 75 mm howitzer, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 43M Turán III: Medium tank: 1-2 75 mm gun, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 43M Zrínyi II: Assault gun: 72 105 mm howitzer 44M Zrínyi I: Tank destroyer: 1
Tanks. 12 FT-17 light tank; 4 Mark V heavy tank; 6 TKS tankette; Armored cars. 13 Arsenal Crossley armored car; Anti-tank weapons. 44 Rheinmetall 37mm Pak 36 L/50 anti-tank gun (Note:The Estonian Rheinmetall gun had a longer barrel length compared to Wehrmacht standard L/45.) 4 Bohler 47 mm anti-tank gun model 1935; 15 Solothurn-Arsenal 20 mm ...
In 1936 also received the diesel engine "Bolinder" taken from the sunken U-boat UB-45. In 1942 also received 2 20mm Oerlikon guns. It had a displacement of 240 tons, speed of 7 knots, a crew of 14 and 30 trainees. Survived the World War II as a training ship (and in 1944-45 as a base ship for the minesweeper boats). [426] [427]
Design of a horse-drawn, 3.7 cm anti-tank gun (designated 3.7 cm Pak L/45) by Rheinmetall commenced in 1924 and the first guns were issued in 1928. [5] By the early 1930s, it was apparent that horse-drawn artillery was obsolescent, and the gun was modified for motorized transport by substituting magnesium-alloy wheels and pneumatic tires for the original spoked wooden wheels, allowing it to be ...
The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II.. The gun was produced in a towed variant, or mounted along with two M2 machine guns on the M2/M3 half-track, resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages.