WWII 3 Inch M5 Anti-Tank Gun

[JoshIronshaft]

Badass! You bringing it to a group shoot

Only if Emptymag promises to show up!

[JoshIronshaft]

Wow! Thanks for posting and for keeping our history alive. It's a shame those photos and Allen's statement can't be juxtaposed to Biden's claim the 2nd doesn't include cannons.

Ya, I chuckled when I heard "you couldn't buy a cannon..." in that speech.

The history part of this has been so enjoyable for me. I hate owning something and knowing very little about it, so I buy books and dig deep on the internet.

Tank Killing by Ian Hogg and The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide are the best two books I found. The first being on the technological advances in anti-tank weapons through the 20th century and the 2nd being the history of tank destroyers in WWII.

[Manxdriver]

That is an awesome project! Thanks for posting it. It shows how much work actually goes into a project of that size. I fully restored a 67 Mustang for my wife and could not believe what a time and money hole it became. Worth it, but I don*t have it in me to do again.
Well done!

[Emptymag]

Only if Emptymag promises to show up!

Could we cook bacon on the barrel???

LOL


That is freaking amazing. I can't imagine all the hard work that went into that.

[JoshIronshaft]

That is an awesome project! Thanks for posting it. It shows how much work actually goes into a project of that size. I fully restored a 67 Mustang for my wife and could not believe what a time and money hole it became. Worth it, but I don*t have it in me to do again.
Well done!

Thank you. I am open to any more of these I can find because I learned a lot doing this that will make another restoration project go smoother. I like to think this is the largest gun I will ever own. I would like to have a 37mm or 57mm gun. They are much more manageable in size and cost to shoot.

[JoshIronshaft]

Could we cook bacon on the barrel???

LOL


That is freaking amazing. I can't imagine all the hard work that went into that.

I wish I could afford enough projectiles to get the barrel that hot!

I can't even begin to calculate the number of hours spent on this. There were plenty of times I was tired of tripping over the parts spread out in the basement, garage, and driveway.

[TDIfan]

That is awesome! Thanks for posting photos of the process.

[wanneroo]

Impressive work, it would be cool to see it shoot someday.

[Emptymag]

Impressive work, it would be cool to see it shoot someday.

someTHING.

[WCMG]

Thank you so much for sharing all the photos. Great job.