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T48 Gun Motor Carriage
The T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled anti-tank gun produced by the Diamond T company in 1943 for the United States. The design incorporated a 57 mm gun M1, a US production of the British Ordnance QF 6 pounder, mounted on an M3 Half-track.
A total of 962 vehicles were produced from 1942 to 1943. It had originally been planned that Britain would receive all of the examples produced through Lend-Lease, intending to use them in the Western Desert, but by the time they arrived the campaign was over. Additionally, the purpose-built M10 tank destroyer, armed with a 3-inch gun (and later a 17-pounder gun in British service) had begun to enter production. As a result, the British transferred 650 half-tracks to the Soviet Union under the Soviet Aid Program. Britain retained 30 and the remainder were taken by the US; these British and American vehicles were converted back to standard M3 Half-tracks, except for one kept by the U.S. Army.
The Soviets called it the SU-57 (''Samokhodnaya ustanovka 57''), and under this designation it served in Operation Bagration and other fighting on the Eastern Front during World War II.
== Specifications ==
The T48 Gun Motor Carriage was 21 ft long (6.40 m), 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) wide, and 7 ft (2.13 m) high. It had a wheelbase of , and weighed 9.45 tons (20,800 lb).〔Berndt (1993), p. 152.〕 The suspension consisted of a leaf spring for the wheels, while the front tread had vertical volute springs. The vehicle had a maximum speed of 45 mph (72 km/h). With a fuel capacity of 60 US gallons (230 l), it had a range of 150 miles (240 km), and was powered by a 128 hp (95 kW)〔Berndt (1994), p. 34.〕 White 160AX, 386 in3 (6,330 cc),〔Hogg (1980), p. 94.〕 6-cylinder gasoline engine with a compression ratio of 6:3:1. The power-to-weight ratio was 15.8 hp/ton. It also had 6–12 mm of armor,〔 and was armed with a single 57 mm Gun M1 with 99 rounds of ammunition. It had a crew of five (commander, gunner, driver, loader, and radio operator).〔Doyle (2013), pp. 227–228〕
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