M8 Greyhound
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The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end
M8 Greyhound at the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning, Georgia, 2023
Radio inside an M8
The telescopic sight used to aim the main 37 mm gun
Shells for the main 37 mm gun were stored on racks inside the turret. The barrel of an M1 carbine, carried for close-in vehicular defense, is visible at left.
37 mm gun M3
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The 37 mm gun M3 is the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its size enabling i
M8 Greyhound
…Department initiated the development of a new fast tank destroyer to replace the M6 37 mm gun motor carriage, which was essentially a ¾-ton truck with a 37 mm gun installed in the rear bed. The requirement was for a 6×4 wheeled vehicle armed with a 37 mm gun, a coaxial machine gun mounted in a turret, and a machine…
M3 on display at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Manhandling a gun into position during training at Fort Benning, 1942. Note the raised wheel segments.
Men of the 7th Division, US Army move a gun up to the front line on Kwajalein.
A 37 mm gun on a M5A1 Stuart tank