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The M18 Hellcat was an example of the balancing act among firepower, armor, and mobility in armored fighting vehicle design. Despite its excellent mobility and reasonably powerful main gun, the M18 Hellcat also had drawbacks, including thin armor and a poor high explosive shell for its main gun.
M883 – M881 fitted with slide-in shelter kit; M884 – M880 fitted with 100-amp 24-volt generator and slide-in shelter kit with tie-downs; M885 – M880 fitted with slide-in shelter kit with tie-downs; M886 – M880 ambulance model; M887 – M880 maintenance model; M888 – M880 telephone maintenance model; M890 – 4 × 2 pickup
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 ...
The M18 Hellcat (officially designated the "76 mm gun motor carriage M18" or M18 GMC for short) was used in the Italian, European, and Pacific Theaters, and in the Korean War. It was the fastest armored vehicle in the American defense inventory of the 20th century, until the turboshaft -powered M1 Abrams main battle tank appeared decades later ...
The experience of employing the M3, M6, and M10 GMCs in North Africa all fed into the plans for the next generation tank destroyer, which eventually saw service as the M18, nicknamed the "Hellcat". It was equipped with a newly designed 76 mm gun—firing the same shell (from a different cartridge case) as that on the M10—mounted on an all-new ...
The M39 armored utility vehicle (T41) is an American armored vehicle designed during the Second World War, which saw service in that conflict and in the Korean War.Like a number of vehicles of this type, it was built using an existing chassis, that of the M18 Hellcat.
Model Image Cartridge Type Origin Details Thompson submachine gun.45 ACP: Submachine gun United States: M3 submachine gun.45 ACP: Submachine gun United States: M50 Reising submachine gun.45 ACP/.22 LR: Submachine gun United States: United Defense M42: 9×19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP (prototype model only) Submachine gun United States
Based on the T33, the T42 had a torque converter transmission from the M18 Hellcat. The M43 was a lightened version of the T42. [19] T9; Had bulldozer kit installed. [20] Additionally, the M38 Wolfhound prototype armored car was experimentally fitted with an M24 turret. [19]