John Kettler Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) In a failed attempt to locate firing footage of the US M5 3-Inch Gun, I came across this mostly right survey (doesn't understand effective range vs max range) video, which has lots of grog juiciness. Sadly, the ATGs go up only to 37 mm as far as footage, and somehow the 57 mm is skipped altogether in stills and video, but there is footage of both the 57 mm and 75 mm recoilless rifles. Regards, John Kettler Edited April 22, 2016 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[MyIS] Buffpuff Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Interesting video. The other links in the video led me to the Panzer tank documentary. Very interesting!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 One thing, those two guys squatting behind the gunner had better move over quick like; the back blast from that thing might be just a little uncomfortable. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Find! Digitally restored once RESTRICTED 194 3training film "Crack That Tank." How the US infantry is trained to kill tanks. This is fun and educational, with lots of great diverse AFV footage, including the strangest WW II AFV I've ever seen, FA, tacair, mines and ATGs. but the meat of this is on how infantry (in the prebazooka period) fights tanks. Of particular note are what proper foxholes like like, likewise fighting positions for heavier weapons, what's probably the earliest US HEAT rifle grenade, Molotov cocktails, the leverage buttoning up the enemy gives the infantry (reduces tank combat effectiveness by 3/4 according to the tank sergeant in the film) and how little can be seen through a periscope. Oh! Almost forgot to say that if you go to Bil's Combat Vignettes, I posted a TD vid which has the previously no footage found M5 3-Inch gun on during range firing. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1000 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 http://inert-ord.net/atrkts/atrkts.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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