The U.S. Army Mechanized Cavalry in North Africa (Tunisia), November 1942world war ii
Posted 25 March 2011 - 01:15 PM
Check out the following excerpt from Steeds of Steel: A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War II. Here, Harry Yeide explores the first true test for America's new fighting force on the battlefields of North Africa during World War II.
Posted 25 March 2011 - 04:41 PM
Posted 14 April 2011 - 02:23 PM
Posted 14 April 2011 - 09:38 PM
Was this unit equipped the M3 GMC (75mm M.1897A4), I know that these vehicles were phased out later in the war but they were suited to this type of open terrain against the Axis vehicles at the time, PZ II, PZ III 7 PZ IV, Plus the Italian moblie coffins.
According to wiki...
M3 GMC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and Flames of War...
Army Lists | Flames Of War Command
looks like it was.
Posted 15 April 2011 - 09:35 AM
ARMMAMENT = 75mmL/36 M1897A4 GUN.
RATE OF FIRE = 6 r.p.m.
ELEVATION = -10° to +29° MANUAL
TRAVERSE = 20° LEFT & RIGHT, MANUAL.
MAXIMUM RANGE = 7000m
ARMOURE PENITRATION = 96mm @ 500m @ 30°
AMMUNITION CARRIED = 59 X 75mm.
Posted 04 August 2012 - 08:01 AM
Posted 07 August 2012 - 01:20 AM
Interestingly, the German Armed Forces used the French 75 as a stop-gap AT weapon from early 1942 on, combining captured gun barrels and the mounts of German 50 mm PAK, using at first ammunitions from French and Polish stocks. This solution was not found satisfying for many reasons: the old-fashioned breech prevented the quick firing required by an AT gun, the muzzle velocity was too low which reduced the chances to hit moving targets, the gun "jumped" at firing and so on. Nevertheless, the first European Waffen-SS volunteer earning the Knight's Cross was a young Dutch Corporal who knocked out 17 T-34s with this gun.
Interesting. I would imagine T-34 would be a challenging target for the 75. Did those guns get tungsten tipped ammunition? Is there a citation to the medal you can point me to?
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