The M36 tank destroyer used an M10A1 chassis (the M36B1 used an M4A3 Sherman chassis, while the M36B2 used an M10 chassis) mounting a large, open-topped turret mounting a 90 mm gun M3. The gunner aimed the gun using the M76F telescope.

This is an M36B1, a standard M36 GMC turret on a regular M4A3 large hatch hull. T his TD suffered all the same problems dealing with infantry the M10 did, except in the M36 B1, since it was built on an M4A3 hull, it had a bow machine gun.

2022年4月8日 · Officially named 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B1. A 90 mm M3 gun installed on the Sherman M4A3 chassis, the M36 was based on the M10A1 Tank Destroyer chassis and the M36B2 on the M10 chassis. This gun was a counterpart of the Panther and Tiger tanks.

2023年1月20日 · M36 turrets would also be placed on the hulls of M4A3 Shermans, designated the M36B1. In addition, M36 production used the hulls of standard M10s, which were powered by the 6046 twin-diesel engine.

A shortage of M10A1 chassis available for conversion led to the M36B1, which was simply the new turret on the hull of an M4A3. The M36B1 retained the hull machine gun and had much better armour protection.

These vehicles, designated M36B1, were rushed to the European Theater of Operations and used in combat alongside standard M36s. The M36 was well liked by its crews, being one of the few armored fighting vehicles available to US forces that could destroy heavy German tanks from a …

2021年9月23日 · Thanks to a massive 90mm main gun, the M36 was one of the few American tank destroyers that could reliably engage any German armored vehicles, even at extreme distances. During the Second World...

2018年3月20日 · In June of 1944, the T71 was officially designated as the "M36 GMC" which began deliveries to the European battlefronts by the end of the year. Another variant based on the Sherman M4A3 hull and mounting the 90mm gun were converted for the tank destroyer role to become 187 examples of the "M36B1".

An additional 187 units were designated the M36B1 and used the M4A3 Sherman tank hull finished with the Jackson's 90mm turret. A few hundred dual-diesel powered M10s were also mounted with the 90mm gun and turret and christened the M36B2.

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