Tango01   | 01 Feb 2019 4:11 p.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 01 Feb 2019 4:37 p.m. PST |
Nice site, thanks for posting Armand! |
| Tango01 | 02 Feb 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami! (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| Garde de Paris | 02 Feb 2019 12:37 p.m. PST |
I agree, Armand – good site. I am no expert, but it seems that the description of the M3 US Self Propelled gun – an French 75mm dating from the 1890 – is somewhat off. They were used at ?El Qatar? after the Kasserine Pass disaster, to blunt and turn back the
German 10th Panzer division. They fired from an overlook position, then backed down out of view to reload. Forward, fire. reverse, reload, repeat. True, the US forces were also supported by their by their own 3 battalions of 105 howitzers and one of 155's. A German prisoner wept, because the 10th Panzer had never before been bested by a "mere infantry division." GdeP |
| Andy ONeill | 02 Feb 2019 1:12 p.m. PST |
I think the m3 gmc did indeed mount the "french" 75.
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| Richard Baber | 03 Feb 2019 5:41 a.m. PST |
The GMC75 was still in service in Italy until very late in the war. The Ranger Battalions had a cannon company of them in Sicily and later in Italy, when the Rangers were destroyed at Cisterna (Anzio), the survivors and cannon company was folded into 1st Special Service Brigade (Black Devils) and took part in the Anvil/Dragoon landings on the southern French coast. |
| Legion 4 | 03 Feb 2019 8:08 a.m. PST |
Yes, the RANGERs[then later the 1st Spec. Service] enjoyed the fire support of the M3 1/2 Track with the 75. A welcomed addition to any Light Infantry unit.
And the M3 with the US 105 howitzer, the T-19, was also good fire support. And they could fire both HE and AT.
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| Lion in the Stars | 03 Feb 2019 3:32 p.m. PST |
@Garde de Paris: Yes, the US was still using the M1897 75mm howitzer in a few places, though mostly replaced in the artillery by 105s. Nothing wrong with the 75mm gun other than relatively wimpy payload (compared to 105s). |
| Tango01 | 03 Feb 2019 3:59 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it too my friend!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| Murvihill | 07 Feb 2019 9:53 a.m. PST |
The Germans converted a couple thousand French 75's to AT guns. PAK 97/38. Lotta life left for the Soixante-Quinze. |
| Mobius | 07 Feb 2019 11:08 a.m. PST |
M3 US Self Propelled gun – an French 75mm dating from the 1890 I don't see this. I seen "The M1897A4 gun (originally a French design)" which is true. |
