M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage

The 8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage M43 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4/M4A1 chassis, with a Continental engine and HVSS that was introduced at the end of World War II. The M43 shared the same chassis as the more widely produced M40 Gun Motor Carriage, which instead mounted a 155 mm gun, and were designed by the Pressed Steel Car Company. A production run of 576 was planned originally, but in the end only 24 were produced and another 24 were converted from M40 hulls. The M43 went on to serve in the Korean War, and was retired after its conclusion.

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8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage M43
self-propelled gun, self-propelled artillery, United States, 

194 mm Cannon GPF, DANA M2, G6 howitzer, M-87 Orkan, PLZ-45, Sd.Kfz. 135/1, self-propelled gun, TAM VCA, XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon, 

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M43 gmc 01

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M43 Howitzer at Ft. Sill, OK.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		M43 gmc 01		Commons
commons	image		TM-9-335-8in-HMC-M43-1		Commons
commons	image		8-inch-HMC-M43-interiors		Commons
commons	image		Self-propelled-gun-Korea-19520813		Commons
commons	image		M43 Howitzer at Ft. Sill, OK.		Commons