The M18 Hellcat (officially designated the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 or M18 GMC) is a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War.Despite being equipped with the same main gun as some variants of the much larger Sherman tank, the M18 attained a much higher top speed of up to 55 mph (89 km/h) by keeping armor to a minimum, …

2021年5月17日 · M18 Hellcat in action during a 2007 reenactment (Wikimedia Commons) Nevertheless, the Hellcat was still effective against Axis armor. Even though the armor of German panzers couldn’t be penetrated by the M18 76mm rounds, American tank crews were still able to use the Hellcat to their advantage. The biggest of these was how fast the M18 could ...

This vehicle was the M18 Hellcat, the subject of this article. In December 1941 the Ordnance Corps issued a requirement for a fast tank destroyer using torsion bar suspension, a Wright/Continental R-975 engine, and a 37 mm (1.46 in) gun. This became the T42 37 mm (1.46 in) Gun Motor Carriage. The army then changed their request to a vehicle ...

2016年10月9日 · M18 Hellcat of the 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion in action at Wiesloch, Germany, April 1945. Armed with a 76 mm gun, the Hellcat wasn’t quite adequate for all enemy armor, especially late-war German designs, but it held on bravely and managed to become one of the iconic Allied tank destroyers of the time.

2024年5月20日 · The M18 Hellcat was the only purpose-built tank destroyer and represented the epitome of tank destroyer doctrine before it was phased out at the end of World War II. Its ultra-thin armor—no more than 1 in (2.54 cm) thick—and a powerful engine made it the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle in the war. While its 76 mm gun was still not ...

The M18 Hellcat tank destroyer was built on the chassis of the Sherman tank. It was the fastest armored vehicle of WW2 at 60 mph on roads. The M-18 was fielded in the latter part of WWII to ...

2019年8月20日 · The M18 "Hellcat" served as the finest example of an American Army tank destroyer in World War 2. The type was fast, agile, well-armed and available in numbers sufficient to combat the armored forces of the German Wehrmacht across Europe. The M18 was an improvement over the preceding M10 series and proved as capable as the M36 "Slugger" …

2020年6月12日 · the 76mm Gun Motor Carriage (GMC) M18 “Hellcat” gave the U.S. Army a highly mobile tank-killer. The M18 was fitted with the 76mm Gun M1A1, M1A1C, or M1A2 as its main weapon, boosting Allied anti-tank capabilities. With its standard armor piercing round, the M62 APCBC, the M18 could penetrate 88mm of armor at 1000 yards.

The M-18 Tank Destroyer, nicknamed the "Hellcat" by the Soldiers who crewed them, earned a reputation of being one of the most effective tank killers in the Army during World War II. Built by Buick Motors Division, the M-18 was capable of reaching sustained road speeds of 55 to 60 mph. Hellcats could outrun the German Panzers, firing several ...

The M18 Hellcat was an American tank destroyer of World War II. Armed with a 76 mm cannon, the vehicle was the fastest tracked, armored fighting vehicle during World War II with a top speed up to 60 mph (92kph),[1] and Buick nicknamed it the Hellcat. The speed was attained by keeping armor to a minimum, no more than 1" thick. Hellcat crews took advantage of the vehicle's …