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| Subject: | Re: M8 GMC upgunned |  |
| Date: | Oct 27, 2002 |
| From: | Chuck Rothman | |
> 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.
It is possible. The M8 had a large enough diameter turret ring, and if an
AEC armoured car could mount the 75 mm gun, why couldn't an M8? |
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