apbills
Elder Member
The first sentence in this note states: "The M36 Gun Motor Carriage was basically an M10A1 GMC (an M4A3 Medium with an M10 GMC turret; none saw combat) with a new turret and a 90mm gun derived from the M1 towed AA weapon."
This implies the M36 had an M4A3 tank hull. Every picture I have seen has what looks like an M10 GMC hull with the new turret mounting the 90mm gun. Even the counter depiction represents this.
Is the note correct?
Note 23 M10 GMC states "the M10 Gun Motor Carriage used the basic chassis and drive train of the M4A2 Medium Tank; the hull, however, was completely redesigned using thinner but well-sloped armor to decrease weight and thus enhance mobility..."
Was the M36 difference really that it used the basic chassis and drive train of an M4A3 medium tank, with the hull changes of the M10, plus the new turret and gun? Something is not adding up in my head.
This implies the M36 had an M4A3 tank hull. Every picture I have seen has what looks like an M10 GMC hull with the new turret mounting the 90mm gun. Even the counter depiction represents this.
Is the note correct?
Note 23 M10 GMC states "the M10 Gun Motor Carriage used the basic chassis and drive train of the M4A2 Medium Tank; the hull, however, was completely redesigned using thinner but well-sloped armor to decrease weight and thus enhance mobility..."
Was the M36 difference really that it used the basic chassis and drive train of an M4A3 medium tank, with the hull changes of the M10, plus the new turret and gun? Something is not adding up in my head.