They also had a test bed to put the 90mm canon from the m36 on this thing which I found insane

lander4545 70? Nuts!

bs...

Cats couldn't handle that speed , someone must of been on some Pervitin from a German soldier

maybe km/h?

It's 72kph not 70mph

Vary good gun killed tiger's from the front

RoachDoggJR yep

Was the hellcat even in the Second World War?

Uhh... yeah. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Hellcat

lmao

LOL

I wonder how they'll fit it down the chimney and under the tree

***** it would fold up into a tiny little box so "santa" could fit it into his bag

***** so basically.... YER A WIZARD!

***** hahaha

That is correct. It later replaced the M3 75mm gun on the Sherman tank.

DeanMk1 I thought it was a 90mm gun?

You're thinking of the later M36. The 90 went on to become the main gun on both the Pershing and Patton tanks.

There was a later variant towards the end of the war that outfitted the M18 with the 90mm, the first M18s had the 76mm

All of the M18s had 76mm guns. Towards the end of the war they mounted an M36 turret on the hellcat chassis and mounted the M3 90mm gun.

+Arthur Steward I knew it was built by Buick & that it had a radial engine for a power plant. Thanks. I guess Buick built muscle tanks before they built muscle cars. ;)

+Inquisitor6321 But with the radial engine you had to PULL the MOTOR to change the bottom three spark plugs (no clearance).

+Fastfly Guy True! BUT you can easily pull that engine out to change those spark plugs. The engine mounted on a sliding tray. I believe all you had to do was disconnect the drive shaft and slide the engine back.

+Inquisitor6321 while i am not familiar with MPH i know for a fact that it is not 60 MPH

jaggernutox If you're not familiar with the MPH, then how do you know it wasn't 60 MPH?

+Dan Zervos " The 75mm AP round had a velocity of about 2000 fpm. The 76 mm AP round had a velocity of about 2600 fpm. " Oh wow, those were very slow rounds. According to your numbers, the 75mm exits at about 22.7 mph, the 76mm at 29.54 mph. You can outrun those rounds on a moped/scooter

***** Fancy meeting you here!

no no no. its a 76.2mm M1A2 main gun.

@@gu3z185 same thing. It doesn't matter

The early hellcats had 76mm M1A1 and later models had M1A2.

@@jeffr8874 essentially the same gun

@@a.t6066 no, A2 uses Russian more powerful 3 inch barrel. A1 uses little less powerful american 75 mm cannon.

Armour piercing shells don’t explode

@@thatfedexguy8764 Right- they don't. Armor Piercing HIGH EXPLOSIVE shells do. It probably was an armor-piercing solid shot, but even if it was an APHE shell it wouldn't detonate inside the tank since the armor on the m18's hull is so light. (12.7mm)

@@thatfedexguy8764 During WW2 most Anti-Tank guns (and therefore tank guns) used Armor Piercing-High Explosive ammunition that would penetrate the armor and detonate inside the tank.

Nah the Hetzer is the best

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Tanks are legal to own pretty much anywhere

skeligandrew True I even saw one in England!

skeligandrew I doubt with the firing mechanism still intact.

No I am sure you are right and it was inactive but hey just driving a tank though London is pretty bad in itself.

Uhh...America isn't the only country with tanks.

That wasn't really the force of the concussion, it was me reflexively jerking away from the blast.

I figured as much...LOL. I even do that when recording someone shoot a pistol... :)

Lol, that's good advice.

why not the 203mm B-4 Howitzer with HE Shells?

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman $200 tax per HE shell :P

Rafael Dracofuchs It probably still doesn't cost as much as the shell itself.

true

We need the Gustav

the potency of the ammunition may have degraded with time.

76.2 mm

The gasoline alone mate...

fnglert It is

I'd like to take you up on that offer.

+Just a guy_That loves Guns_and fishing About the engine, Most fires in tanks during WW2 was from ammunition catching fire. This usually happened from hot fragments hitting the ammo and setting it off. US tanks were no more prone to engine fires from getting hit than German tanks which used gasoline engines as well. It was mainly poor securing of ammunition, and overloading the tank with unsecured ammunition, in North Africa that led to the "Flaming Sherman" myth. After these problems were corrected and wet ammunition racks were installed the Sherman had the lowest occurrence of fires per hit out of any tank in WW2. You are right about the gun though, all Hellcats were equipped with the 76mm, but the only versions of the Sherman that were upgunned all used the same 76mm. The major difference was that Hellcat platoons had access to more rounds of HVAP making their 76mm capable of taking out any German tank fielded.

destroyer.

Dushess Ha! Nice. But you’re right

Lol the diameter has nothing to do with it being more powerful. It's more powerful because it has a longer, larger case

Walmart...

Though long-obsolete, WWII-era tank destroyers - M10s, M18s, M36s - were still in use in the Balkans Civil War of the 1990s, and also have been seen in various conflicts in Africa. If you think about it, "obsolete" is a relative term. Sure, an M18 TD is "obsolete" next to an up-to-date 21st century tank or other piece of military hardware, but if it is the only armored vehicle in the fight, it can still cause some major damage before someone with an RPG knocks it out or whatever.... guess the point I'm making is that I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those high-velocity 76mm rounds - obsolete or not!

Same in fact.. An MBT can be defeated by a WWII tank (depending on gun on the vehicle)

Enterprise206 Was wondering the same thing. Happened in eastern Oregon

It's the 76mm. The 90mm Hellcat only existed as an experimental tank, and it used the M36 Jackson's turret.

Shoes Oh right, they did use the other turret for that. According to the records, the 90mm broke the suspension, ha. I was just wondering if someone figured out how to fit the 90mm in without breaking the rest of the tank.

Shoes right on the money

+foughtwolf Finally managed to track down a good flank shot of that Hellcat. Two different machines. Sounds to me like the breech block failed or the round went off out of battery. Either way, it was pretty messy from what Im hearing.

***** You know precisely what I mean though. Finding out someone you've seen die is just a little bit worse than someone you didnt know about. But You strike me as one of those people who go around looking for something to take offense to.

+foughtwolf breech failures are nasty. I saw a video of a T-26 (Russian World War II tank) where it fires, and a little tiny poof of smoke comes out the barrel, and then BAM!! Whole entire tank is blown into pieces

+foughtwolf Sorry to read that! It must have been pretty messy inside that turret.

+Richardsen the two killed in the tank destroyer accident were friends of mine, an other friend was there watching the firing demonstration and was one of the first to reach the tank and see inside. Austin was killed instantly, and Steve died minutes later... From his account the breach ring shattered. and the detail of the injuries was more than i'd like to know. but I can tell you Austins funeral was beautiful. by requested from his parents all reenactors were in their WW2 dress uniforms and current military in theirs. it was unfortunate for the family that Austins grandfather died a few days after Austin.

+TheLastMinecrafter This one is equipped with the 90 mm AT Gun M3 .

no.. its a hellcat with a 90mm.. :P war thunder player i assume?

nevermind.

+Valentine Yes Indeed !

+TheLastMinecrafter maybe World of tanks ..

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@@muhamd7 Now THAT'S a tank destroyer.

The M18 is not a tank.

That one's bounced... Loadin' up!