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M3A1 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage by Uncle T
   
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Era: WW2
Category: Military
Type: Truck
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M3A1 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage by Uncle T

In 1 collection by Mean Green
WW2 Tanks, Armoured Vehicles, Trucks and Guns
154 items
Description
1,069 bricks.

My version of the US WW 2 M3A1 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage self-propelled anti-tank gun/tank destroyer. It had a crew of 5: driver, commander, gunner and two loaders.

Info from Wikipedia, somewhat edited.
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The M3 gun motor carriage (M3 GMC) was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with a 75 mm M1897A4 gun, which was built by the Autocar Company during World War II.

The M3 GMC first served in the Philippines Campaign in 1942 with the Provisional Field Artillery Brigade in the anti-tank and the fire-support role. It then served in North Africa in tank destroyer battalions. It was used ineffectively in the Battle of Kasserine Pass and several other engagements, but was used with success in the Battle of El Guettar. It also served in the Allied invasion of Sicily, but was eventually superseded by the M10 tank destroyer. A total of 2,203 were produced, of which 1,361 were converted back into M3A1 half-tracks.

The M3 GMC also served in the Pacific theater, starting with the Battle of Saipan. It proved effective against the Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. It later served in the Battle of Okinawa, the Battle of Peleliu and many other island battles.

The M3 GMC saw limited service with other countries as it was not widely supplied through the Lend-Lease program. A small batch of 170 vehicles was supplied to Britain, which used them in their Armoured Car Regiments which were the reconnaissance units of the armored formations. They were first used in the Tunisian Campaign with the Royal Dragoons. They were also used in Sicily, Italy, and later in France, but were gradually retired. The Free French Army also used M3s for training before receiving M10 tank destroyers. With two issued per squadron in practice they were used as an eight gun regimental artillery battery.
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The smallest hinges being quite big, especially now we can scale pieces down even further, and the sometimes weird hitboxes in the game made it very glitchy to make the upper door panels fold down so they are fixed I'm afraid.

CONTROLS
Driver's seat
WASD: Drive.
L/Headlights: Headlights.

Gunner's seat (left side in the rear)
Make sure the armour shutters in front of the windshield is lowered before using the gun.
Alt + Arrow keys or Mouse: Control the 75 mm anti-tank gun (4 stacked AP or HE guns).
Fire action 1/Num 1: Fire AP.
Fire action 2/Num 2: Fire HE.
Camera 1:Gun sight.
Reload time is about 5 seconds.

Doors and hatches opened with buttons on them.

Feel free to edit, but if you reupload publicly in an way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!