The M8 is a full-track tractor based on the chassis of the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank. It was used to tow cargo trailers and artillery such as the Skysweeper 75 mm anti-aircraft gun and the M59 Long Tom gun. The basic M8 variant could be quickly adapted for …

As work progressed on prototypes of what would become the 76mm gun tank M41, the AOS-895-3 engine and CD-500-3 transmission replaced the powertrain in the M8, and this vehicle was standardized as the M8A1. The towing and platform payload capacities remained the same as those of the M8.

Production model M8A1 High Speed Tractor. Rear bed configured for use with the M75 Skysweeper. Those used with 155mm M59 or 203mm M115 towed howitzers would have a revised stowage area.

The 75 mm howitzer motor carriage M8 "Scott" was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States in use during World War II. It was developed on the chassis of the M5 Stuart tank and was equipped with a M116 howitzer in an M7 mount.

The high speed tractor M8A1 utilized the powertrain and suspension components of the 76mm gun tank M41, however an extra road wheel station was added for the tractor. The two-man crew was separated by the engine compartment, and the ring mount for the .50cal machine gun was over the assistant driver's station.

HMC Scott M8A1 in Normandy, July 1944. In the bocage, enemy troop movements were sometimes so hard to detect that M8 battalions found themselves attacked by infiltrated German infantry, in normally "cleared" sectors, but could repel …

The new SPG was also used in the tank destroyer program. Available space in the fighting compartment and the use of the M34 gun mount hinted at the ability to install the M3 gun barrel. The result was an SPG sometimes known as the M8A1, but this index was never used in reality.

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Oct 30, 2020 · The M8/M8A1 scabbard would serve in the U.S. military for many years carrying the M3 trench knife and the M4, M5/M5A1, M6, and M7 bayonets used with the M1 Carbine, M1 Garand, M14, and M16 respectively.

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