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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1697820" data-attributes="member: 3144">M-36 90mm Tank Destroyer, 703rd TD Battalion, 3rd Armored Div., near Malempre, Belgium, 16 December 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge.The M36 Jackson GMC (Gun Motor Carriage) was a tank destroyer developed by first using the standard M10 chassis with a new open-top turret capable of handling a larger 90 MM M3 gun. The open-top reduced weight and allowed for better observation but like the M10 left the crew exposed to enemy fire. To offset the weight of the 90 mm gun a bustle counterweight was added to the turret rear and was capable of holding eleven rounds of ammunition. Over 1,500 M36s were produced in 3 variants.The 703rd landed in France on the 1st of July 1944. They saw their first action near Hautes Vents on 13th of July and participated in the ''Cobra Breakout' at the end of the month.They were held in reserve during the Mortain battle in August, crossed the River Seine on the 26th of August and reached the Siegfried Line in the vicinity of Eschweiler, Germany, by the 12th of September. The First battalion converted to M36s at the beginning of September. Fought along West Wall until mid-December, when transferred to Ardennes after the launch of the German offensive. They fought to reduce the 'Bulge' in January 1945 and joined the drive to Cologne in February and early March, crossing the Rhine River on the 23rd of March near Honnef and participated in the envelopment of the Ruhr. By the 14th of April they had dashed east to stop the line at Dessau.(Source - US Army Signal Corps )<img src="https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10858513_630273147102481_2926698376604818439_n.jpg?oh=6ae90de014f79c7278ba8f71f4e5b8cf&amp;oe=55389B06" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1697820, member: 3144"] M-36 90mm Tank Destroyer, 703rd TD Battalion, 3rd Armored Div., near Malempre, Belgium, 16 December 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge. The M36 Jackson GMC (Gun Motor Carriage) was a tank destroyer developed by first using the standard M10 chassis with a new open-top turret capable of handling a larger 90 MM M3 gun. The open-top reduced weight and allowed for better observation but like the M10 left the crew exposed to enemy fire. To offset the weight of the 90 mm gun a bustle counterweight was added to the turret rear and was capable of holding eleven rounds of ammunition. Over 1,500 M36s were produced in 3 variants. The 703rd landed in France on the 1st of July 1944. They saw their first action near Hautes Vents on 13th of July and participated in the ''Cobra Breakout' at the end of the month. They were held in reserve during the Mortain battle in August, crossed the River Seine on the 26th of August and reached the Siegfried Line in the vicinity of Eschweiler, Germany, by the 12th of September. The First battalion converted to M36s at the beginning of September. Fought along West Wall until mid-December, when transferred to Ardennes after the launch of the German offensive. They fought to reduce the 'Bulge' in January 1945 and joined the drive to Cologne in February and early March, crossing the Rhine River on the 23rd of March near Honnef and participated in the envelopment of the Ruhr. By the 14th of April they had dashed east to stop the line at Dessau. (Source - US Army Signal Corps ) [IMG]https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10858513_630273147102481_2926698376604818439_n.jpg?oh=6ae90de014f79c7278ba8f71f4e5b8cf&oe=55389B06[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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