Ads
related to: m36 tank destroyer modelstemu.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor, and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3. Conceived in 1943, the M36 first served ...
In contrast to the M10 and M36 tank destroyers, which used the heavy chassis of the M4 Sherman, the M18 Hellcat was designed from the start to be a fast tank destroyer. As a result, it was smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and significantly faster, while carrying the same gun as the Sherman 76 mm models.
The tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different forms—a towed battalion equipped with anti-tank guns, or a mechanized battalion equipped with armored self-propelled guns. The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German ...
90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 – tank destroyer based on M10A1 hull (M4A3 chassis); standard model. 90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B1 – tank destroyer based on M4A3 Sherman hull and chassis; expedient model.
15 March 1942, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 5 November 1945, Germany. Served as XIX Corps antitank section. 3rd Tank Destroyer Group. 30 March 1942, Camp Bowie, Texas. 22 November 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Served as V Corps antitank section. 4th Tank Destroyer Group. 1 September 1942, Camp Hood, Texas.
The 17pdr SP Achilles (officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity 76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7. A total of 1,100 M10s were converted to Achilles ...
Ads
related to: m36 tank destroyer modelstemu.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month