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USA Weapons Data

SA weapons data provides information on all USA designed, built and modified tank and anti-tank weapons of World War II. This page provides an index to the data tables for USA weapons followed by some items pertinent to USA weapons which cannot be easily included in the tables. The Introduction page provides further information on the difficulties of determining accurate source data. The contents of this page are:

• USA Weapons Data Index.
• Gun Penetration Data.
  • Definition of Penetration.
  • Explosive Filler in Armour Piercing Projectiles.

USA Weapons Data Index

• Gun Penetration Data.
  • Guns up to 12.7mm calibre.
  • Guns 37mm calibre.
  • Guns 57mm calibre.
  • Guns 75mm and 76mm calibre.
  • Guns 90mm calibre.
  • Guns 105mm calibre.
  • Guns 155mm calibre.
• Armour Data.
  • Medium Tank M3.
  • Medium Tank M4 1942–43.
  • Medium Tank M4 1944–45.
  • Pershing.
  • M10 and M36 Self-Propelled Guns.
  • Other Self-Propelled Guns.
• Hardness Data.
  • Gun Target Hardness.
  • Vehicle Armour Hardness.

Gun Penetration Data

Definition of Penetration

For the USA definition of penetration see the Gun Target Hardness table.

Explosive Filler in Armour Piercing Projectiles

All USA APCBC projectiles of 75mm calibre or greater had an explosive filler in the warhead. To avoid unnecessary repetition the suffix ‘/HE’ is not used in the data tables. AP projectiles had no explosive filler.

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