The 3-inch gun M5 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States during World War II. The gun combined a 3-inch (76.2 mm) barrel of the anti-aircraft...
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3-inch gun M1918 was a United States 3-inch anti-aircraft gun that entered service in 1918 and served until it was largely superseded by the 3-inch anti-aircraft...
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20 cwt - British anti-aircraft gun 3-inch Gun M1918 - US anti-aircraft gun 3-inch Gun M5 - US anti-tank gun This article includes a list of related items...
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92x57mm caliber light machine gun 3 inch Gun M5, a U.S. Army anti-tank gun MSwMS M5, a Swedish Navy minesweeper 1940-1955 M5 firing device, a trigger commonly...
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as the 3-inch Gun M1918 3-inch (76 mm) M7 gun mounted on the 3in Gun Motor Carriage M10 tank destroyer and towed 3-inch Gun M5 anti-tank gun, but from...
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II, but was subsequently adapted into an anti-tank gun role, both free-standing (as the 3-inch M5) and in a self-propelled tank destroyer (the M10). It...
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M18 Hellcat (redirect from M18 Gun Motor Carriage)
European Theater and towed tank destroyer battalions equipped with the 3-inch Gun M5 had uniformly performed very poorly in the battle when compared to self-propelled...
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M10 tank destroyer (redirect from 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10)
mounting a 3-inch gun, initially focusing the most interest on two: The T1, developed beginning in 1940 and standardized as the "M5 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage"...
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Anti-tank guns are typically high-velocity guns designed to fire anti-tank shells. They are usually designed to be easily transported and concealed to...
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of two M18 tank destroyers as prime movers for the 3-inch Gun M5 on Carriage M6, a towed antitank gun used by tank destroyer battalions, and armored command...
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M3 Stuart (redirect from M5 light tank)
the M24 Chaffee-based T6E1. T16 4.5-inch Gun Motor Carriage Self-propelled 4.5-inch gun based on the chassis of an M5. Project was discontinued in 1943...
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(4.5 inch Gun M1) C39 Howitzer, 155-mm, M1. on mount M14 (M114 155 mm howitzer) C40 Gun, 3-inch, M5. on Carriage M1. (3 inch Gun M5) C41 Gun, 57-mm, M1...
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export (to Dutch) only M3 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun M5 3-Inch Anti-Tank Gun 105mm gun T8 AT/AA gun (cancelled) M1 Bazooka M1A1 Bazooka M9...
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– M5 with a M49 machine gun mount. It could fit one 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and two 0.3 inch M1919 Browning machine guns, and...
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tank destroyer battalion was assigned 36 self-propelled or towed anti-tank guns. They also included reconnaissance and anti-aircraft elements. From a high...
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five marks. The M5 was accepted into US Army service as the standard gun tractor used to tow the 105 mm Howitzer M2, the 4.5 inch Gun M1 and the 155 mm...
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Howitzer) M1902 (76.2mm/3" Field Gun) M101/A1 (105 mm Towed Howitzer) 3 inch Gun M5 M116 (75 mm Pack Howitzer) M198 (155 mm Towed Howitzer) M198 M7 Spider...
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7.5 cm Pak 40 (category World War II anti-tank guns of Germany)
KwK 40 - German tank gun version of Pak 40 7.5 cm FK 7M85 - A field gun based on the Pak40 3 inch Gun M5 - American anti-tank gun 75 mm Reșița Model 1943...
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anti-tank guns, the M3 was widely used in the infantry support role and as an anti-personnel weapon, firing high-explosive and canister rounds. The M5 and M6...
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by machine gun fire. After the unsuccessful 15 August assault, Macon ordered an intensification of the artillery bombardment. Two 8-inch guns were positioned...
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the twin .50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine gun equipped M13 MGMC and M14 MGMC (built on an M3 and M5 half-track chassis respectively). It was based...
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result, the Mark 2 and 3 guns were not used for these, and the 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 gun was designed instead. The Mark 2 and 3 guns were never placed...
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an air-to-ground gun on the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircraft. There were five main variants used during the war: M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6. They were...
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transport Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar executive transport Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 trainer Vultee SNV trainer r-Aeronca LNR observation/liaison/trainer Beechcraft...
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Director (military) (redirect from Director, Antiaircraft, M5)
standardized in 1939 M5 Gun Director Mechanical, a US-produced Kerrison Predictor, for use with 37mm Gun M1 and M1 40 MM M5A1 M5A2 M7 gun director was standardized...
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ISBN 1-112-95450-3. Technical Manual TM 9–350, 155-MM Gun M2; Carriage Ml AND M1A1; Gun Mount M13; Heavy Carriage Limber M2 AND M5; AND Firing PlatformM...
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800 kg). 4.7 inch Gun T3 (1940). 4.5 inch Gun M1 on Carriage M1 (1941). The weapon was experimentally mounted on a lengthened chassis of the M5 light tank...
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Presidential Salute Battery is equipped with ten 3-inch Gun M5s which have been mounted on M6 howitzer carriages. The M5 is a World War II-era anti-tank weapon...
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M5 mount) could traverse 21° in both directions, but could only depress −6.5°. Firing the M61 armor piercing round, the gun could penetrate up to 3 inches...
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M3 half-track (redirect from M-3 A1 Personnel Carrier)
bolted. The M5 was primarily built for Lend-Lease to the European allies. M5A1 – Similar to the M3A1, the M5A1 was an M5 with the M49 machine gun mount. It...
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