The 75 mm howitzer motor carriage M8 "Scott" was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States in use during World War II. It was developed on the chassis of the M5 Stuart tank and was equipped with a M116 howitzer in an M7 mount.

HMC Scott M8A1 in Normandy, July 1944. In the bocage, enemy troop movements were sometimes so hard to detect that M8 battalions found themselves attacked by infiltrated German infantry, in normally "cleared" sectors, but could repel …

2020年10月30日 · Many U.S.-produced M8/M8A1 scabbards were sent around the world as part of military aid packages during the Cold War. Others were produced in foreign countries for their own military use. Recognizing the details described in this article will help the collector know the “time and place” their scabbard carried a soldier’s knife or bayonet.

2022年11月5日 · The ‘M8 GMC,’ ‘M8A1,’ or even the long-winded 75 mm Gun M3 on 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 Chassis, was a failure. Although the vehicle performed quite well during its initial trials, numerous serious flaws were eventually discovered.

2018年10月22日 · B.M. CO. marked M8A1 were only produced during WW2, also true for the M8 marked sheaths. In the spring of 1944 the scabbards were transitioning from M8 to M8A1, though some that met the new M8A1 profile still had the U.S. M8 marked throat.

2004年4月4日 · The top scabbard is a WW2 M8A1 (still marked M8 but made as an M8A1), the one below a M8A1 by PWH in the late 1960s. Side view of the WW2 (top) and post-1960 M8A1 scabbards showing the extended tab holding the web hanger.

This article provides a brief history of the Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind and its involvement in production of U.S. M8A1 Scabbards during the Vietnam War period. Keywords: m8a1; scabbard; pwh; twb; pennsylvania; working; home; blind; philadelphia Created Date

2015年12月31日 · In searching for Makers and contracts for US military bayonets, I have found all of the makers (to my knowledge) except the maker of the US M8A1 scabbard marked WD. The photo above illustrates 4 that I currently have in my reference collection. 1. Marked VIZ / WD. It is thought that WD may have p...

The M8A1 was an experimental tank destroyer variant of the M8 Scott, replacing the 75 mm M2 Howitzer with the 75 mm M3 L/40, commonly found on the M4 Sherman. Development was dropped once the M18 Hellcat entered service in 1944.

As amended, the scabbard was designated M8A1. According to Cunningham, approximately 3.1 million M8A1 scabbards were produced from April 1944 to August 1945. The first new-made M8A1 scabbards used steel fittings marked "M8" until these were used up.