The Chieftain's Book: Can Openers
Дата: 06.11.2017 23:15:08
US_3rd_Army, on Nov 05 2017 - 17:47, said: I do have a few questions about the development of American TD's
M36B1 What led to to decision (and who thought) of placing the
M36 turret onto a M4A3 hull to create the M36B1, what was the
general opinion of the crews who received the B1, what are the
performance statics for the B1, how successful was the B1 in
combat, and why didn;t they think of making minior adjustments so
it be adopted as it's own separate TD or maybe adopted as a new
version of the Sherman? M18 Hellcat During the development
of the Hellcat, why did they choose to stay with the Wright
R-975 Whirlwind, and not switch, to something like the Ford
GAA? It would seem to me that the GAA would be a better
choice as an engine because it had more horsepower, it was around
almost the whole time the Hellcat was in development, and has none
of the problems of a radial engine. Note: This was the
original post I intended to put here, but for whatever reason, the
forum screwed up to show something completely different, forcing me
to write this stuff all over again.The_Chieftain: From the book... "The urgent requirement for GMC M36 and
Medium Tank T26 (Heavy Tank T26E1) was set out by the Director of
the Production Division, Army Service Forces in a memorandum
dated 10 July 1944, and a meeting in Detroit the following day laid
out plans for increasing production of M36 and also converting 187
M4A3 medium tanks into gun motor carriages in order to make up
for a shortfall in production capability." In a nutshell, they
simply needed more 90mm SPGs, and that was the way to do it. I
haven't encountered any reports on the use of the B1, nor was I
particularly looking for them. And... "The Wright required
the change to a front sprocket configuration, using the M7’s
controlled differential, and also a hump in the hull rear which
limited depression in that arc and also raised the silhouette of
the vehicle a little. On the plus side, the move meant that the
vehicle could be 5” shorter. It was anticipated that in the long
run that the radial would be withdrawn from use, and replaced in
production by the Ford V8, but there was some abundance of caution
in TD Branch at this point and it was decided to wait and see if
the Armored Force decided that they were satisfied with the engine
in the tanks before installing it into their premier TD."
The Chieftain's Book: Can Openers