1 Jan 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

Looks like a 58mm or 6Pdr anti tank gun?

[Bob Womack]

Which cannon was it that shared the ballistics of the Garand so the crews would mount one up next to the big gun to take siting shots?

Bob

[browningautorifle]

Which cannon was it that shared the ballistics of the Garand

37mm had a mount for the rifle that went on the barrel.

[Bob Seijas]

Shades of the 106mm Recoilless Rifle!

[Sarge1998]

US version of 6 Prd

[browningautorifle]

US version of 6 Prd

Looks like the same gun to me...

[Bob Womack]

37mm had a mount for the rifle that went on the barrel.

Oddly enough, I used a 37mm round as a paper weight for years.

Bob

[Sarge1998]

I found this at The Havoc

"The M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun
The M1 is an almost exact copy of the British six-pounder anti-tank gun. The British design was first modified to American manufacturing practices and standards in order to produce the weapon for Great Britain under Lend-Lease. Production of the U.S. M1 anti-tank gun began in May 1941, and approximately 16,000 were made through 1945. The gun was light, easy to maneuver on the battlefield, and fired both armor-piercing ammunition and a high-explosive shell. Compared to American designed artillery, it had a horrendous recoil that was not popular with troops. The weapon was retired at the end of World War II."

Wiki
"The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt,[note 1] or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army (as the 57 mm Gun M1)."

[browningautorifle]

"The M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun

Pardon me, I said 58mm...meant 57mm.