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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.
M109A2 howitzer, self-propelled, medium, f-t, 8 ft longer barrel, 155 mm M109G howitzer, S-P, horizontal sliding breech, (export to Switzerland) M109 truck, van, 6 × 6, shop (G742) – M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck
The 155 mm howitzer motor carriage M41 (also known as the M41 Gorilla) was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a lengthened M24 Chaffee tank chassis that was introduced at the end of the Second World War. Out of a planned run of 250, only 85 were produced before cancellation of the order at the end of 1945. [2]
M41 howitzer motor carriage, 155-mm howitzer; G-237 M36B2 gun motor carriage, 90-mm, M36 tank destroyer; G-238 M37 howitzer motor carriage, 105-mm howitzer; G-239 T26E heavy tank, 105-mm howitzer, G-240 M29 bomb trailer 3/4-ton payload American Bantam Car Co. G-241 tank medium, 75-mm gun, wet, G-242 M19 gun motor carriage, 40-mm gun, wet, MXWH ...
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 ...
155mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 – self-propelled 155 mm GMC (Either M1A1 or M2 gun) based on the M4A3 (HVSS) chassis. 8in Howitzer Motor Carriage M43 – self-propelled 8 inch HMC (standardized post-World War II).
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 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59.