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TM 9-745 90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B2, 1945

War Department Technical Manual TM 9-745 90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B2 . 1945-07-28. "The 90-mm gun motor carriage M36B2 is an armored, full-track-laying vehicle powered by a twin Diesel power unit (figs. 38 and 39). The power unit consists of two 6-cylinder, 2-cycle, liquid-cooled Diesel engines, mounted side-by-side as a single unit in a compartment at the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle has five speeds forward and one reverse. It is steered and braked by means of two vertical levers in the driver's compartment (fig. 5). The vehicle can be identified by its flat top hull with sloping armored sides, and sloping turret sides. Bosses welded to the hull front and side plates are for attaching auxiliary armor plate. Vertical-type suspension is used, with 4V2-inch spacers attached to the bogie brackets to allow for extended end connectors on the inside of the track as well as on the outside. The cast armor steel turret is provided with an armored top cover and an extra plate of armor directly behind the gun shield. The turret can be traversed 360 degrees either manually or by hydraulic power." Digitized by Google.

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