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  Stuart tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gun was replaced with the 75 mm M2/M3 howitzer (46 rounds) in open turret and a trailer hook was fitted so an ammunition trailer could be towed.
75 mm howitzer was mounted in a boxy superestructure.
The engine was moved to the middle of the hull and a 76 mm gun was mounted in a superstructure in the rear.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stuart_tank   (1536 words)

  
 M4 Sherman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The U.S. Army Ordnance Department designed the M4 medium tank with a 75 mm gun in a traversing turret using the same chassis as the interim M3.
The popular conception in the US was that tanks had been used boldly as part of a new system of war called Blitzkrieg.
Early models are often criticized for the 75 mm gun chosen by the artillery branch of the US Army, which was not even specifically intended for anti-tank work.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherman_tank   (3726 words)

  
 Tank : UK_armour_2 - World War Two
Armour: 8 mm (0.32 in) to 60 mm (2.36 in)
Armour: 25 mm (0.98 in) to 152 mm (6 in)
Armour: 7 mm (0.28 in) to 10 mm (0.39 in)
www.valourandhorror.com /DB/SPEC/tank/UK_armour_2.php   (901 words)

  
 Tank : USA_tanks_2 - World War Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Armour: 51 mm (2.01 in) to 101.6 mm (4.00 in)
Armour: 9.4 mm (0.37 in) to 25.4 mm (1.00 in)
Armour: 12 mm (0.47 in) to 37 mm (1.46 in)
www.valourandhorror.com /DB/SPEC/tank/USA_tanks_2.php   (667 words)

  
 USA's M4 Medium Tanks
Gun can also be used in indirect fire mode as an azimuth indicator and elevation quadrant was also available.
I was commander of the first tank to land on Utah beach on 6-6-44 with C Co. of the 70th tank Bn.
My tank had a dozer hanging on the front and came in damn handy then and for seven more days until we got knocked out going through a hedgerow, not to mention what we did on the beach.
www.ciar.org /ttk/mbt/sherman.2.MediumTanksM4.html   (1679 words)

  
 CHAPTER 22: World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy
So few U.S. troops were available in England that troops for the landing near Casablanca had to be shipped direct from the United States, one of history's longest sea voyages preceding an amphibious assault.
Not until the summer of 1943 were sufficient U.S. bombers available in Britain to make a substantial contribution, and not until February 1944 were U.S. airmen at last able to match the big thousand-plane raids of the British.
At the northern shoulder of the penetration, divisions of the V Corps refused to budge from the vicinity of Monschau, thereby denying critical roads to the enemy and limiting the width of the penetration.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-22.htm   (8860 words)

  
 1/5 Scale Sherman Tank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The 75 mm gun was replaced late in the war by a more powerful 76 mm gun with a much longer barrel, and some Shermans were equipped with a 105 mm howitzer.
This gun is a mock up of a pneumatic cannon I've designed (but not yet finished testing) specifically for this tank.
Tank pressure will be about 100 psi, regulated down to a much lower pressure for the gun.
www.gizmology.net /tanks.htm   (3327 words)

  
 Not only Panzer...please   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The result was a turreted tank based on M3 Lee components, combined with a Canadian cast steel hull and turret.
It was then transformed in 20 mm Flak cannon, 150 mm howitzer, 75 and 76.2 mm anti-tank gun.
In 1937 the 7TP was equipped with a 37mm Bofors anti-tank gun.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1975/g_tnkalt.htm   (676 words)

  
 HyperWar: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Although no weapon designed in 1940 is known, a modern, efficient 47-mm gun was produced in 1941, and it is possible that the design of this weapon was influenced by the Nomonhan Incident when Japanese and Russian border forces fought for 24 days in 1939.
Without removing the gun from its mount, the main portion of the tripod head can be moved from a horizontal to a vertical position, making a satisfactory AA mount.
The model 41 gun then was issued four to each infantry regiment and is known as the regimental gun.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9-2.html   (6552 words)

  
 A world of tanks : USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As the existing M2s turrets could not carry a heavy gun, it was decided to mount a 75mm gun in a limited traverse sponson on the right-side of the hull and a 37 mm gun in small cast turret.
Although the 75 mm was a reasonably good gun, it proved soon inadequate against the German Panther and Tiger armor.
The Heavy Tank M26 "Pershing" was a major redesign among the trial vehicles (T-type series) destined to replace the Medium Tank M4.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1975/g_tnkusa.htm   (733 words)

  
 MxM - Hobby Shop
Automatic gun M242, despite of Swiss origin, is not a synonym of pacifism; it is one of the most effective modern weapon for light AFV.
Tank destroyer Hetzer was based on the Czech tank LT-38 chassis and was supposed to replace towed anti-tank guns used by Wermacht units.
Since 1940 two guns of 75 mm were produced: M2, which was shorter and M3, which was longer.M3 was typical for M3 Lee and M4 Sherman.
www.modelsbymickster.com /cgi-bin/hobbyshop/hobbyshop.pl?inv=PLANET   (6425 words)

  
 Mike's Diecast Tanks and Armor - News
Six tanks are expected for the holidays, among them a German Tiger I, Panther and Jagdpanther, as well as a US M4 Sherman, M5 Stuart and M36 Jackson.
The only real difference that I could see taking a quick glance of the two models is this; the metal mount that keeps the gun stationary during movement is in the up position (stimulate a moving tank) vs. the usual arrangement where the metal mount for the gun is in the down position....
The tanks are always sold with the famous articulated tracks in metal, exclusive of the mark since 1962.
www.mikes-tanks.com /News.htm   (6835 words)

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