"M41 155mm Howitzer Motor Carriage" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Jul 2015 10:32 p.m. PST |
"The M41 155mm Howitzer Motor Carriage was based on the M24 Chaffee light tank. It entered service too late to see combat in the Second World War, but was used in the Korean War. In December 1942 work began on the T64 155mm Howitzer Mortar Carriage. This was based on a modified M5A1 chassis, with a centrally mounted engine and the gun carried in a fighting compartment at the rear of the vehicle (a similar layout to the M12 155mm Gun Motor Carriage). There was a recoil spade at the rear. A single prototype of the T64 was built, with work starting in December 1942. This prototype underwent trials in 1943, but by then the M5 light tank was obsolete and work was well advanced on the T24, which would enter service as the M24 Chaffee light tank. In August 1943 the Ordnance Board began work on the T64E1. This was a version of the T64 based on the chassis of the M24. A similar move had already been made with the T65 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, which had evolved into the T65E1 in May 1943 and would be standardized as the M19 40mm Gun Motor Carriage…"
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