Re: [MV] tank questions

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 22:59:39 PST


At 12:48 AM -0500 1/20/03, Paintball Plus wrote:
>Hi Doug,
>You must have been watching the history channel on Sunday, because I had
>the same question. To those who know, why are some vehicles known as a
>"Gun Carriage" rather than a tank?

Gun Carraiges were basically SP guns of some sort. It could be a
Halftrack mounting a 75mm, a Priest mounting a 105mm Howtizer or a
M10 mounting a 3inch Gun.

Tanks were more heavily armored, were as all of these were only
lightly armored.

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