The M37 105 mm howitzer motor carriage (named T76 105 mm HMC during development starting in 8 July 1943 [2]) was developed by the US on an extended M24 Chaffee base, and was intended to be the successor to the 105 mm M7 Priest. It used the same 105 mm Howitzer M4 as the ones mounted on some M4 Sherman medium tanks.

2024年7月27日 · The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M37 (HMC) represented a step forward in artillery technology, envisioned as the successor to the widely utilized M7 Priest sporting a similar 105 mm howitzer gun, but on the more modern M24 Chaffee chassis. Despite being adopted, the end of the Second World War curtailed the M37’s widespread utilization.

On June 10th 1943, OCM 20679 recommended the development and procurement of a pilot vehicles and assigned the designation 105mm howitzer motor carriage T76. This action was approved on July 8th. A wooden mockup was constructed and it was reviewed in August by artillery officers from the armored board.

2013年4月22日 · 第二次世界大战结束后，合同被移交给凯迪拉克，凯迪拉克发布了最多的M37 HMC。 自第二次世界大战完成以来，订单减少到317自行火炮。 一个M37被转换成配备38英寸迫击炮的T4,2。 可用车辆进入国民警卫队（国民警卫队）和美国陆军预备队（陆军预备队）。 M37 HMC在第二次世界大战的战斗中没有参加。 将自行火炮从服务中移除的原因之一是，由于放射性腐烂产品在使用核武器时可能存在危险，因此保护设备的要求发生了变化。 武器 - 很明显，顶 …

2020年12月16日 · m37 hmc图示. 美国人花费了数年的时间打磨出来了m37 hmc，它堪称是当时世界上最好的轻型自行火炮，同级别的德国“黄蜂”无论是机动性还是弹药量都完全被m37 hmc所超越。但m37 hmc只有一个缺点：它来的实在是太晚了。 炮阵地中的m37 hmc. …

2019年9月7日 · The HMC M37 was removed from service in the US Army by the end of the 1950s. 36 of them were sold to Spain, of those at least 4 survive to this day. Despite its complex fate, the M37 was not a bad vehicle.

2024年4月28日 · 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M37 at the American Armoured Foundation Tank Museum. The M37 is a very similar design to the 105mm HMC M7. The lighter-weight chassis of the M24 tank was expected to be more useful and easier to handle than the HMCs based on medium tanks.

The M37 Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled gun which development started at the end World War 2, based on the existing chassis of the M24 Chaffee Light Tank. The Army wa ted indeeed to replace the slower by a faster self propelled artillery platform. The first pilots were delivered in 1945 and so when standardized as the M37 the war was over.

2024年11月27日 · Instantly recognizable, the 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M37 (M37 HMC) was the US Army’s successor to the 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (M7 Priest). Developed between late 1943 and throughout 1944, the M37 HMCs started rolling off the assembly lines in …

The M37 was designed as a replacement for the M7. It was mounted on the chassis of the M24 light tank which gave it better mobility than its predecessor the M7 and mounted the improved M4 105mm howitzer. It had an open superstructure similar to the M7 and carried a .50 cal HMG in a raised gun turret.