New M3

[SmokinLoon]

not to be a downer.. but just how many shots would that carry?  or would it come with a supply trailer? jeeps with supply trailers? drop (re)supplies like you do now?

still looks cool.  

It had 19 rounds in the "ready" position right below the gun, and another 40 in storage compartments.  The round itself is not all that big, I have not been able to directly cross reference it yet, but it appears at least by looks be the father (or maybe even the same as) of the US's 75mm used in the M4 Sherman tanks.  I am sure someone else will chime in on this one.

[Ack-Ack]

It had 19 rounds in the "ready" position right below the gun, and another 40 in storage compartments.  The round itself is not all that big, I have not been able to directly cross reference it yet, but it appears at least by looks be the father (or maybe even the same as) of the US's 75mm used in the M4 Sherman tanks.  I am sure someone else will chime in on this one.

The M3 GMC used the 75 mm gun M1897A4, which as the US version of the "French 75", since it was based on the French 75mm howitzer from World War I.  It shouldn't fair too badly against a Panzer IV, depending on how it's employed but will probably end up as nothing more than a moving target for the Panther or Tiger.

ack-ack

[B4Buster]

This update looks like it'll be a good one.

[Rob52240]

Looks awesome, but I still agree with BAR and Dire Straights

"I WANT MY M18"

[moot]

Is that a new model for the treads?

[M0nkey_Man]

  M3 with a boom stick!

[Shiva]

not to be a downer.. but just how many shots would that carry?  or would it come with a supply trailer? jeeps with supply trailers? drop (re)supplies like you do now?

Hard to tell... Judging from the picture below, I'd guess either 36 or 48 rounds for a basic load; the ten rounds stacked on the left side and the remnants of a similar stack on the right don't look like they'd survive being driven around roughly without being thrown out of the vehicle or bouncing around the interior.



Either way, there doesn't seem to be much room left for supplies of any kind, or for more troops than the regular crew.

Update: Searching around the Net, the basic load for the M3 GMC appears to have been 59 rounds.

[dirt911]

Hard to tell... Judging from the picture below, I'd guess either 36 or 48 rounds for a basic load; the ten rounds stacked on the left side and the remnants of a similar stack on the right don't look like they'd survive being driven around roughly without being thrown out of the vehicle or bouncing around the interior.

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Either way, there doesn't seem to be much room left for supplies of any kind, or for more troops than the regular crew.

The rounds are contained in a rack, and it should not carry a full set of troops.

[321BAR]

So no one has commented yet on the new M3 featured on the main page... the new M3 that can be loaded out in the hanger with the 75mm gun?


 

Really and truly (since the armor is about the same) this is "M-18 Lite"

no

[Wildcat1]

no

you don't need the M-18

[Urchin]

Looks awesome HTC. Should be fun.

[Vadjan-Sama]

nice move HTC, with that we have a new full gama for the M3, keep the great work 


P.D: IS-2!!

[TOMCAT21]

 

[oakranger]

It is about time we get this one.   

[SmokinLoon]

The M3 GMC used the 75 mm gun M1897A4, which as the US version of the "French 75", since it was based on the French 75mm howitzer from World War I.  It shouldn't fair too badly against a Panzer IV, depending on how it's employed but will probably end up as nothing more than a moving target for the Panther or Tiger.

ack-ack

I posted AP performance earlier in the thread at 1000 yards.  It will defeat 32 or 43mm at 0 degrees, depending on which AP round HTC chooses.  The HE round compares very closely with the 75mm on the Sherman, and it even has more velocity which gives it a flatter trajectory.