Description
Inert example of a WWII dated U.S. Army 37mm M3 anti-tank gun shell. The shell is completely inert and displays fantastic. The bottom shows the MM markings as well as the 1943 date of production. These complete shells are harder and harder to find every year! This piece is 100% inert and non functional.
Note – The 37 mm gun M3 is the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its size enabling it to be pulled by a jeep. However, the continuing improvement of German tanks quickly rendered the 37 mm ineffective and, by 1943, it was being gradually replaced in the European and Mediterranean theaters by the more powerful British-developed 57 mm gun M1. In the Pacific, where the Japanese tank threat was less significant, the M3 remained in service until the end of the war
