Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book TM 9 750 Ordnance Maintenance Lee Medium Tanks M3 M3a1 and M3a2 Technical Manual written by War Department and published by Periscope Film LLC. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lee Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called by two names based on the turret configuration. Tanks employing US pattern turrets were called the "General Lee," named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Variants using British pattern turrets were known as "General Grant," named after U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant. Design commenced in July of 1940, and the first M3s were operational in late 1941. The M3 was well armed and armored for the period, but due to design flaws (high silhouette, archaic sponson mounting of the main gun, below average off-road performance) it was not satisfactory and was withdrawn from front line duty as soon as the M4 Sherman became available in large numbers. Of the 6,258 M3s produced by the U.S., 2,855 M3s were supplied to the British Army, and about 1,386 to the Soviet Union. One of the American M3 medium tank's first actions during the war was in 1942, during the North African Campaign. British Lees and Grants were in action against Rommel's forces at the disastrous Battle of Gazala on May 27th that year. They continued to serve in North Africa until the end of that campaign. A regiment of M3s was also used by the U.S. 1st Armored Division in North Africa. In the North African campaign, the M3 was generally appreciated for its mechanical reliability, good armor and heavy firepower. Created in 1942, this technical manual reveals a great deal about the M3's design and capabilities. Intended as a manual for those charged with maintenance, it details many aspects of its engine, cooling, transmission and other systems. Originally labeled restricted, this manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. Care has been taken to preserve the integrity of the text.
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance Medium Tanks M3 M3A1 and M3A2 written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance Fuel and Lubrication Systems for Light Tanks M3 and M3A1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book List and Index of Department of the Army Publications written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War Department Technical Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medium Tank M3 Lee M3 Grant written by Slawomir Zajaczkowski and published by Topdrawings. This book was released on 2020-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M3 General Lee - an American medium tank from World War II era, also used by the British army. In the US, known as Lee, in the United Kingdom as Grant. M3 tank was created as a result of the need to replace the obsolete M2 tank, which did not match the WWII battlefield. The serial production began in August 1941. The M3 tank had many components from the M2 light tank, including chassis, Wright R975 EC2 star engine and the shape of the combat compartment. M3 was meant to be a transitional solution due to the lack of turrets for a 75 mm cannon (M2 type cannon), which was finally mounted in the sponson on the right front of the hull. Second antitank gun - 37 mm caliber - was mounted in the turret and intended to fight enemy vehicles. The original M3 was equipped with a riveted hull and a turret in which M6 cannons were mounted (cal. 37 mm). In the M3A1 version the riveted turret construction, dangerous for the crew, was replaced with a cast version. The new turret was easier to assemble, which accelerated the production process. It also reduced the weight of the vehicle. Both guns were equipped with gyroscopic stabilizers. Additional armament included two or three Browning M1919 machine guns, caliber 0.30 inches. In American M3, two Brownings were mounted in a small rotating dome at the top of the turret. In the British version there was an entrance hatch for the crew. The crew of the tank consisted of six soldiers (initially seven). A total of 6258 M3 tanks were produced in all versions. They served in the British, Australian, American and Soviet armies.
Download or read book Ordnance Maintenance Medium Tanks M26 and M45 Power Train war Department Technical Manual TM9 1735A written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tank Gun Systems written by William Andrews and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the use of tanks in battle. Little, however, has appeared about the gunnery systems that are at their core. This book describes and examines the main gun systems of medium and heavy tanks from first use in 1916 in World War I to those fielded in numbers to the end of World War II in 1945, including tanks of the interwar period. Specifically considered are guns of a calibre greater than 35 mm, which have been deployed in numbers greater than 100. The emphasis is on guns mounted in turrets on heavier tracked armored fighting vehicles (greater than 15 tonnes) which were considered tanks. There are, though, exceptions, in that the naval 6 pounder guns in First World War British tanks, as well as the 75 mm guns in French medium tanks of the same period (all turretless) are included. The treatment of gun systems includes sighting and fire control equipment, gun laying equipment, mounts and the array of munitions fired, as well as the actual gun, including its, barrel, cradle, breech, firing mechanism, sights and recoil system. Related to this are issues of gun handling (loading and unloading), ammunition design and rates of fire. Also examined are the maximum impulse and energy generated by firing some of the munitions available that must be absorbed by the gun recoil system.
Download or read book Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents 1789 1976 written by Daniel W. Lester and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Tanks AFVs of World War II written by Michael Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, highly illustrated study of US tanks and other armoured vehicles used in World War II. The entry of the US into World War II provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese forces across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armored vehicles were built – almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armour expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the US Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart and M3 Lee through to the half-tracks, armored cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored recovery vehicles and tracked landing vehicles that provided the armoured fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. Publishing in paperback for the first time and packed with historical and contemporary colour photography, this encyclopedic new study details the design, development, and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.
