75 mm Howitzer Gun (US) - Voorhees NJ
N 39° 50.227 W 074° 59.690
18S E 500442 N 4409679
This artillery static display highlights a World War II and multi-war memorial in the Kirkwood section of Voorhees, NJ.
Waymark Code: WM3KMW
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2008
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The American army fielded two medium tanks in World War 2, the M3 and the M4, both of which used the 75 mm gun. The gun was also used to equip the Light Tank M24 and the B-25 Mitchell bomber. The gun was designed to have both powerful HE projectile and good anti-tank capability, however from the middle of the war it was no longer effective in the anti-tank role, due to its low muzzle velocity—especially as compared to guns such as the 76.2 mm Ordnance QF 17 pounder—and the thicker armor of the newer German medium and heavy tanks.
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