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The world war two sherman tank originally had a 75 mm gun, later this was upgraded to a 76 mm high velocity gun. The interesting thing is that the 76 mm gun was
by somat 4y ago
The world war two sherman tank originally had a 75 mm gun, later this was upgraded to a 76 mm high velocity gun. The interesting thing is that the 76 mm gun was actually 75mm, the army used the 76mm designation because the ammo was incompatible and they wanted to avoid exactly the sort of problems you would have if you had to deliver ammo for two different 75 mm guns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_gun_M1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_gun_M1
- totoglazer 4y agoThe wiki page seems to imply it was actually 76mm?
- somat 4y agoYou may be right, I was mainly going off memory, and did a quick check to confirm it using reference point 10 '''The "76-mm" designation was chosen to help keep the supply of ammunition from being confused between the two guns'''
- xani_ 4y agoI'm guessing infanty went "1mm, close enough" and did it anyway?