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 it to be pulled by a jeep .

The Shot M74 is in the form of a solid steel slug, measuring 4.84 inches in length and weighing 1.92 pounds. It has a comparatively blunt nose, for the radius of ogive is 2.205 inches. A cavity is machined into the base for a tracer. This built-in tracer helps artillery crews to …

This is the American M74, a High-Explosive-Fragmentation (HE-Frag), spherical, aerially-dispersed, centrifugally armed, Impact-Inertia-Fired (IIF), integral fuzed, Anti-Personnel (AP), submunition designed to inflict casualties by HE-Frag delivered within the MGM-140 missile system similar in appearance to the BLU-63 and BLU-86 submunitions.

U.S. 37mm Anti Tank Rounds for the M3 AT Gun - WWII: APC-T M51 / HE M63 / M2 Canister: Developed during the late 1930's, the M3 Anti Tank Gun was essentially a copy of the German PAK 36, with minor modifications. Unfortunately, by 1942 that caliber was obsolete for use against modern armor in Europe.

The US 37mm M3 Anti-Tank Gun in the Lovett Collection is on an M4 Carriage. It is complete with ammunition and the optical sight. It was one of several restored by Ralph Lovett over ten years ago.

The 37mm M74 Armor Piercing Shot with Tracer (AP-T) Round was critical to the U.S. military’s anti-tank and anti-aircraft capabilities during World War II. Designed for use with the M1, M1A2, and M9 autocannons, this round was engineered to penetrate enemy armor.

2023年11月5日 · If you are interested in the 37-mm antitank gun, this is an essential volume for both the military historian and the scale modeler. My thanks to Casemate and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this great book.

The M74 is a fixed, 37 mm, armour piercing tracer (AP-T) cannon round, or simply armour piercing (AP) in US terminology of the time. The M74 AP-T round was used by 37 mm M1 series of anti-aircraft (AA) guns and though it could potentially be fired by the M9 (AN-M9) aircraft cannon, it was not.

2016年2月22日 · Here's a picture showing the variety of M16 37mm rounds used for field artillery. From left to right. 1. Blank adapter that shoots 10 gauge shot gun shells used for training. 2. M74 AP-T. 3. M51 TP-T. 4. M51 AP-T. 5. M51 AP-T. 6. M2 Canister Shot. 7. Cardboard container rounds were kept in

The M74 is a fixed, 37 mm, armour piercing tracer (AP-T) cannon round, or simply armour piercing (AP) in US terminology of the time. The M74 AP round was used with the M3 series of 37 mm anti-tank guns and the M5 and M6 series of 37 mm tank guns.