Armed with a powerful 90mm gun, the M36 Jackson was America’s answer to heavy German armor. Fast, accurate, and lethal, it turned tank destroyers into true tank hunters and gave U.S. forces a ...
As a result, half of the battalions converted to towed, 76-millimeter M5 guns similar in effectiveness to the M10’s own gun. These supplemented the companies of lighter 57-millimeter guns integrated ...
As American forces advanced into Europe, they faced a lethal crisis: the superior armor and firepower of German Panther and Tiger tanks. Standard Allied weapons often bounced harmlessly off their ...
As a result, half of the battalions converted to towed, 76-millimeter M5 guns similar in effectiveness to the M10’s own gun. These supplemented the companies of lighter 57-millimeter guns integrated ...
2nd Armored Division, M36 Jackson tank destroyer on dug-in ramp has plenty of elevation to hurl shells at long range enemy targets across the Roer River during the Battle Of The Bulge ...