Thread: Chaffee v. T-34
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Old 06-22-2007, 22:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship View Post
Any kill of a T-34 (of any type) with that 75mm gun of the M-24 Chaffee would have to be a lucky shot through an open driver's hatch or a rear shot in the engine compartment. Basically the gun was merely a long-barrelled 75mm Howitzer and it's limitations were very obvious in WW II when mounted on the early M-4 Shermans.
I remember reading somewhere that the Chaffee's 75mm was developed from the 75mm gun used on B25s. Same lineage?

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