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The M8 was based upon the light tank M5 (itself a descendant of the light tank M3), and so had relatively thin armor. The lower hull armor ranged from 1 in (25 mm) to 1.125 in (28.6 mm) on the sides to 1.75 in (44 mm) on the lower front and 1.0 in (25 mm) on the lower rear.
M8 armored car; M19 MGMC; M15A1 halftrack; M16 MGMC; ... M36 tank destroyer; M40 gun motor carriage; M44 self-propelled howitzer; M7 Priest; Ordnance QF 25 pounder ...
The M8 armored gun system (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of the U.S. Army respectively.
A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944. Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed. [6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army. [7]
M6 heavy tank; M6 tractor; M7 Priest; M7 snow tractor; M8 Greyhound; M9 half-track; M10 tank destroyer; M12 Gun Motor Carriage; M13/40 tank; M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage; M14/41 tank; M15 half-track; M15/42 tank; M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage; M18 Hellcat; M19 tank transporter; M21 mortar carrier; M25 tank transporter; M29 Weasel; M32 tank ...
In May 1942, having viewed the prototype, the British Tank Mission turned down the offer to acquire the M8 through lend-lease. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] It was named " Greyhound " in keeping with other U.S. armored cars already ordered by the British, such as the (cancelled) T18 Boarhound , the T17 Deerhound , the T17E1 Staghound and the (also ...
The first models of the tank destroyer were tested by the US Army's 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The unit had originally been trained on the M3 Gun Motor Carriage (a 75 mm gun installed in the bed of an M3 half-track). Despite its T70 prototypes requiring several improvements, the 704th had a "superlative" testing record, and the unit was ...
The tank killers: a history of America's World War II tank destroyer force. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-932033-80-9. US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944–45, by Steven J. Zaloga. Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-798-0; Tankdestroyer.net (Web based United States tank destroyer forces information resource) Tankdestroyer.net