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| Subject: | Re: M8 GMC upgunned |  |
| Date: | Oct 25, 2002 |
| From: | Paul Roberts | |
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>The vet explained his M8 was one of a handful "field fitted" with a high velocity 75mm gun of British design, the Mark-2, also used in on the Cromwell.
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Man I would like to see that puppy and to watch it kick when the 75mm
high velocity rounds were fired. With the howitzer firing at 1250 ft/sec
and the 75mm probably at about 2500+, the gun recoil would have been
four times that of the howitzer. That's nothing to sneeze at, for sure.
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Paul Roberts
tankmodeler@rogers.com
Scale Tech Distributing
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