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M6 WC-55 top schematic. The 37 mm GMC M6 was a modified 3/4-ton 4x4 Dodge WC52 truck with a rear-facing 37 mm M3 gun mounted in its bed and designated WC55.The gun was normally fired to the rear – it could not be fully depressed when pointed to the front of the vehicle due to blast effects on the crew and vehicle windshield.
The M6 37 mm gun motor carriage, 3/4-ton, 4×4 (abbreviated as M6 GMC), or fully described "M6 Fargo gun motor carriage with 37 mm anti-tank gun," (by Dodge numbered WC-55), was a modified G-502 Dodge WC-52, designed and built to carry an M3A1 37mm anti-tank gun combined with gun shield, mounted on its cargo bed, facing rearward.
The T23 armored car was an entry from the Fargo Division [2] Chrysler [3] [1] for a new fast tank destroyer to replace the M6 37mm gun motor carriage in July 1941 initiated by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. Required specification was to be able to withstand fire from a .50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun to the front and side from a .30 in (7.62 ...
37 mm gun M5, as mounted in light tank M2A4 37mm GMC M6 with improvised machine gun mount. Two tank gun variants were developed based on the barrel of the M3. The first, initially designated M3A1 but renamed M5 on 13 October 1939, was shortened by 5.1 in (130 mm) to avoid damage to the tube in wooded areas.
The battalion then saw service in the Tunisia Campaign as an independent unit, equipped with M3 Gun Motor Carriage and M6 Fargo tank destroyers. On 23 March, it was engaged at the Battle of El Guettar, where it broke up an attack by strong elements of the 10th Panzer Division, destroying 37 tanks and receiving the Presidential Unit Citation ...
Front view of M6, with several early M3 light tanks in the background Side view. By October, the US developers reached the same conclusion as their European counterparts. The armament was changed to a single vertically stabilized 3-inch (76.2 mm) gun and a coaxial 37 mm gun in a single three-man turret with both manual and electric traverse.
37 mm gun or 3.7 cm gun can refer to several weapons or weapons systems. The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires. However, the overall size and power of the gun itself can vary greatly between different weapons, in spite of them all being called "37 mm" guns.
Equipped with the US M5 or M6 37 mm high velocity gun in place of the 15 mm Besa. The larger gun required the removal of the third crewman in the turret (the wireless operator). Turret hatches were rearranged with the new gun and crew layout. About 2,000 units built. AA Mark I