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The 2nd 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that was active during the 1940s & 1950s. Originally formed during World War II as the 9th Defense Battalion , the battalion took part in combat operations on Guadalcanal , Rendova , Munda Point , and Guam .
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 maximum altitude of 43,500 ft (13,300 m). The 90 mm gun was the US Army's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun from just prior to the opening of World War II into 1946, complemented by small numbers of the much larger 120 mm M1 gun.
Self-propelled artillery United States: T28 super-heavy tank: Tank destroyer United States: Only a couple prototypes built; never used in the war M18 Hellcat: Tank destroyer United States: M36 tank destroyer: Tank destroyer United States: M40 gun motor carriage: Self-propelled artillery United States: T40/M9 tank destroyer: Tank destroyer ...
M3 90 mm Gun: American 90 mm antiaircraft/antitank gun; M5 3-inch gun: American 76.2 mm antitank gun; M7 3-inch gun: American 76.2 mm antitank gun used in the M10 tank destroyer; M8 4.5-inch rocket: American artillery rocket; M1 75 mm pack howitzer: American 75 mm mountain gun; M18 recoilless rifle: Late-war American 57 mm recoilless rifle
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Originally both tanks only came equipped with machine guns but in 1940, the M2A4 was upgraded to a 37mm anti-tank gun. The machine gun-armed tanks were never used in combat, and only a handful of cannon-armed vehicles saw service in the Pacific; but their design formed the basis of the later M3/M5 Light Tank.
The 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Composite) (2d AAA Bn [Composite]) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1943 as the 3d Airdrome Battalion, its original mission was strictly providing air defense. On 1 October 1943 the battalion was redesignated the 18th Defense Battalion.
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