±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 225
Total: 225
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Photo Gallery
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Home
05: Community Forums
06: Home
07: Community Forums
08: Community Forums
09: Member Screenshots
10: Home
11: Home
12: Photo Gallery
13: Member Screenshots
14: News Archive
15: Community Forums
16: Community Forums
17: Photo Gallery
18: Community Forums
19: Photo Gallery
20: Community Forums
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Home
28: Home
29: Home
30: Home
31: Community Forums
32: Photo Gallery
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: News
37: Downloads
38: CPGlang
39: Member Screenshots
40: Downloads
41: Home
42: Photo Gallery
43: Community Forums
44: Home
45: Community Forums
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Home
52: Member Screenshots
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Community Forums
57: Your Account
58: Member Screenshots
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: CPGlang
63: Home
64: Community Forums
65: Home
66: Community Forums
67: Community Forums
68: CPGlang
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Member Screenshots
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Home
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Home
79: Downloads
80: Community Forums
81: Photo Gallery
82: Photo Gallery
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Home
88: CPGlang
89: Community Forums
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Member Screenshots
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Community Forums
102: Community Forums
103: Home
104: Community Forums
105: Community Forums
106: Member Screenshots
107: Community Forums
108: Photo Gallery
109: Community Forums
110: Photo Gallery
111: Community Forums
112: Community Forums
113: Home
114: Community Forums
115: Photo Gallery
116: Community Forums
117: Home
118: Community Forums
119: Home
120: Home
121: Photo Gallery
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Home
125: Home
126: Home
127: Community Forums
128: Home
129: Home
130: Community Forums
131: Home
132: Photo Gallery
133: Home
134: Home
135: Home
136: Member Screenshots
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Home
140: Community Forums
141: CPGlang
142: Home
143: Community Forums
144: Community Forums
145: Photo Gallery
146: Community Forums
147: Community Forums
148: Member Screenshots
149: Home
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: Member Screenshots
153: Community Forums
154: Photo Gallery
155: Photo Gallery
156: Community Forums
157: Community Forums
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Community Forums
165: Home
166: Community Forums
167: Community Forums
168: Community Forums
169: News
170: Community Forums
171: Home
172: Community Forums
173: Home
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Home
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: CPGlang
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Photo Gallery
188: Photo Gallery
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: Home
195: Community Forums
196: CPGlang
197: Community Forums
198: News
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Home
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Home
206: Community Forums
207: Community Forums
208: Photo Gallery
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Community Forums
212: Photo Gallery
213: Community Forums
214: Community Forums
215: Downloads
216: Community Forums
217: Community Forums
218: CPGlang
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Statistics
222: Home
223: Photo Gallery
224: Community Forums
225: Photo Gallery

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
American M1 57mm ATG
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
supertsar
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 38

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:30 am
Post subject: American M1 57mm ATG

Can anyone tell me when the Americans first used their 57mm ATG in combat? Was it in N Africa after torch? Italy? After D-day?
I know they were being produced long before....
Back to top
View user's profile
Kurt_Laughlin
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 577

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:07 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

I have a compilation of US artillery ammunition expenditures in WW II that lists the first 57mm AP/APC usage in September 1943.

KL
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
supertsar
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 38

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:49 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

Thanks - that would put it in action in Sicily. Assuming the expenditures totals you have do not include training.
Back to top
View user's profile
claude_GILLONO
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 25, 2006
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:12 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

- supertsar
Thanks - that would put it in action in Sicily. Assuming the expenditures totals you have do not include training.

Sicily ended late in August 1943. Salerno begun early in September.
HTH
Back to top
View user's profile
tankdriver
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 28, 2006
Posts: 95
Location: Memphis, TN
PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:54 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

My 57mm has a build date of 1942 stamped on it.

_________________
WC63....M3 Autocar...M3 Diamond T...57mm AT....37mm...3"
.
Have owned ...M5A1 Stuart
.
Have Restored ...M20
.
President West TN Military Vehicle Collectors
.
MVPA Member
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
mike_Duplessis
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 236

PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:37 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

I have a soft spot for the U.S. 6 pdr., though I can't imagine why. I have this crazy theory that the U.S. barrel is longer than the Brit so use could be made of machining tools for the Sherman's 75mm M3 gun barrel. Based on nothing more than barrel estimates and my own fevered imagination.
Back to top
View user's profile
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:48 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

The American barrel is longer then the early British barrels but the same length as their later production. Early british guns were made witha the shorter barrel because that was the limitation of the menufacturing equipment available at the time.

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
supertsar
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
Posts: 38

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:41 pm
Post subject: Re: American M1 57mm ATG

Riddle solved.
Picked up Zaloga's excellent title on US Anti-tank artillery (Osprey). Accepted for service in May 1943. Has a picture of one in Oran dated April 1943. Also a great picture of 34th Infantry Division half-tracks towing them in a 4th of July Parade in Rabat Morocco in 1943.
As far as actual combat he noted Patton's Seventh Army was critical of the lack of an HE round for it during the fighting on Sicily.
God bless Steven Zaloga and all his books.
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum