T55 Gun Motor Carriage
(US110)
includes one T55 Gun Motor Carriage.
The T55 Gun Motor Carriage has it origins in the experimental 8x8 desert vehicle designed by Cook Brothers. They started by building a chassis that joined two powered 4x4 bogies, each with its own engine, into an 8x8 vehicle. This unusual vehicle steered by pivoting the entire front bogie.
It became known as Cook’s Cozy Cabin because of its box-like shape. Little interest was shown in this all-terrain vehicle by the US Army, but Cook Brothers began work on an experimental tank destroyer.
This Cook Interceptor mounted a 3-inch gun. Two water-cooled Cadillac 8-cylinder engines were placed in the rear end of the vehicle and heavy-duty tires were fitted to cope with the extra weight. In an effort to gain a contract from the army, it was designed to be capable of fulfilling the functions of armored car, tank destroyer or armoured personnel carrier. In August 1942 they received a contract for further development of the tank destroyer as the T55.
During tests in December 1942 the T55 was pitted against competing tank destroyer designs including the T48 57mm GMC half-track (later used by the Red Army as the SU-57). After testing, modifications were made to the vehicle resulting in the T55E1. This revised design was sent for further testing at the desert proving ground at Fort Irwin. Meanwhile, production of the T55 for the US Army started with the Allied Machinery Manufacturing Company.
Hull-mounted Guns
Some tanks mount weapons in the front of the hull instead of in a turret to save weight or to make them easier to produce.
A hull-mounted weapon mounted in the front of a vehicle has a 180-degree Field of Fire covering everything in front of a line drawn across the front of the vehicle. If the weapon is mounted at the rear of the vehicle, the Field of Fire covers everything to the rear of a line drawn across the rear of the vehicle.
The T55 3” Gun Motor Carriage in Flames Of War
Mobility: Jeep
Armour Front: 0
Armour Side: 0
Armour Top: 0
.50 cal AA MG
M7 3in Gun
Range: 32”/80cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 12
Firepower: 3+
Hull mounted
Product safety information
Manufacturer information:
Battlefront Miniatures Europe Ltd
Tissington Close Unit 4C
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