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The 155 mm gun motor carriage M40 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4A3 chassis, but with a Continental engine and with HVSS (horizontal volute spring suspension), which was introduced at the end of the Second World War.
The M4 high-speed tractor used M4 Sherman tracks, roadwheels, and drive sprocket. However, the suspension was of the HVSS type, first introduced on a light tank T6 project in 1938. One variant was designed to tow the 90 mm anti-aircraft gun, and another was for the 155 mm gun or 8-inch howitzer. [1]
105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 – self-propelled 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) based on the M3, M4 and later M4A3 (M7B1) Sherman chassis. 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 – self-propelled 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage (GMC). Cargo Carrier M30 – cargo Carrier (an M12 with crew and ammunition space in lieu of the gun).
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The M44 was an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on the M41 Walker Bulldog tank chassis, first introduced in the early 1950s. Flaws in its design prevented it from seeing action in the Korean War, but the type went on to serve in the armies of the United States, West Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom into the late Cold War ...
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The M43 shared the same chassis as the more widely produced M40 gun motor carriage, which instead mounted a 155 mm gun, and were designed by the Pressed Steel Car Company. A production run of 576 was planned originally, but in the end only 24 were produced and another 24 were converted from M40 hulls. [1]
The 1947 official manual for the M40 and M43: 155-mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 and 8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage M43, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947, p. 9 has "The 155-mm gun motor carriage M40 and 8-inch howitzer motor carriage M43 are identical vehicles except for gun tubes, ..." and many other lowercase uses in the text and figure ...