SS39002
M3 Gun Motor Carriage - Detail In Action
(Paperback)
By David Doyle

In the early days of World War II, the US Army developed many
specialized vehicles based on the standard US halftrack chassis.
One such vehicle, the M3 Gun Motor Carriage, was engineered to be
a self-propelled antitank gun, melding the venerable 75mm 1897A4
cannon - the famed 'French 75' - with the then-modern halftrack
chassis built by Autocar. The ever-increasing armor protection
of German tanks combined with advances in fully-tracked tank
destroyers led the Army to eschew the vehicle after limited use
in Europe, notably in Sicily. The US Marines, however, used the
vehicle in several campaigns in the Pacific, where the Marines
brought the canon to bear on comparatively thin Japanese armor as
well as bunkers. Chronicles the development and combat use of
the M3 Gun Motor Carriage through vintage photos, as well as
thoroughly documenting the only fully restored example in
existence through an additional full-color images.
Illustrated with 237 photographs; 80 pages.
ISBN 978-0-89747-728-4 Paperback