Ready for USA in late 1953/early 1954 however due to many issues were put back in storage. Fielded in Europe in JAN. 1958.
No specific ammo load out info on the M-103 as well except 33 or 34 rounds carried sourced based and many blogs mentioned preference for the AP-T and HEAT-T rounds as they had a much higher velocity then the main rival JS series tank AP rounds of 750m/s vs ~1075m/s for both types mentioned above. It was to be a tank killer for the USA, 11 years to develop and of a poor design. What surprised me was some made comparisons saying it's still the largest tank we ever built to include the ABRAMS.
http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m103heavy.html
http://panzerfaust.ca/AFV%20interiors/m103a.html
The second ref. is very detailed on the M-103 especially Photo 12 on ammo types carried for this tanks 120mm Gun M58. I bet the answers lie in the Part 2 or Part 3 section which when I tried linking to them I got a 404 error.
Did not somebody know or was involved with that website on here? Seems I recall something about that beyond it being used as a ref. somewhere.
http://military-photo.blogspot.com/2...ank-specs.html
Ah crap almost 5am, boy will I be in the "pooper" now!?! GOOD NIGHT!
Regards,
Pat
Re: M103 tank (US/USMC)
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