Armor piercing ammunition for gun, 90mm, M3.

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Armor piercing ammunition for gun, 90mm, M3.

Post by ostketten » Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:20 pm

Found this at the Command and General Staff College Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) website...

http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfil ... ISOPTR=161

Contains illustrations of the rounds, firing tables, penetration curves, aiming data charts, and pictures of actual penetration tests conducted on captured German Panther tanks at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. This was the gun found on the Pershing tank and M36 Gun Motor Carriage. Pretty cool stuff for anyone who is interested in this kind of information.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr., 28th Regimental Colonel, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, "Blood and Steel"

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