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The M8 was created from a need for a close-support light tank, early experiments with an M3 Grant Chassis were abandoned when it was found that an M116 Howitzer combined with an M3 Stuart chassis created a small, fast, and sufficiently powerful howitzer that could assault enemy positions and provide adequate support to the infantry. With '''-20°''' of gun depression, the M8 could literally roll over the top of a hill, and [[Creed|surprise the enemy with sudden 75mm explosive shells]] from a safe position. | The M8 was created from a need for a close-support light tank, early experiments with an M3 Grant Chassis were abandoned when it was found that an M116 Howitzer combined with an M3 Stuart chassis created a small, fast, and sufficiently powerful howitzer that could assault enemy positions and provide adequate support to the infantry. With '''-20°''' of gun depression, the M8 could literally roll over the top of a hill, and [[Creed|surprise the enemy with sudden 75mm explosive shells]] from a safe position. | ||
The M8 proved to be a highly adaptable and frankly long-lived machine, serving all the way to the Yugoslavian wars 49 years later with partisans. In US service, it was succeeded in spirit by the Vietnam-era M50 Ontos, with it's [[Dakka|SIX 106mm recoilless rifles]]. | The M8 proved to be a highly adaptable and frankly long-lived machine, serving all the way to the Yugoslavian wars 49 years later with partisans. In US service, it was succeeded in spirit by the Vietnam-era M50 Ontos, with it's [[Dakka|SIX 106mm recoilless rifles]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:34, 12 October 2022
"Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement"
- – Winfield Scott
Imagine if you will, the stereotypical WW2 American soldier.
Now imagine him as a midget.
Now imagine him running at 35 mph, up to the nearest Aryan Germanic adonis and capping them right in the knee with a .38 hollow point.
That is the M8 Scott HMC, basically a 75mm howitzer mounted on the fastest light tank chassis the Americans could produce and featured as a unit available for US forces in Flames of War. The M8 can serve in its intended role as an infantry support gun, or be used as an anti-tank option for direct fire.
Mid War
Late War
IRL
The M8 was created from a need for a close-support light tank, early experiments with an M3 Grant Chassis were abandoned when it was found that an M116 Howitzer combined with an M3 Stuart chassis created a small, fast, and sufficiently powerful howitzer that could assault enemy positions and provide adequate support to the infantry. With -20° of gun depression, the M8 could literally roll over the top of a hill, and surprise the enemy with sudden 75mm explosive shells from a safe position. The M8 proved to be a highly adaptable and frankly long-lived machine, serving all the way to the Yugoslavian wars 49 years later with partisans. In US service, it was succeeded in spirit by the Vietnam-era M50 Ontos, with it's SIX 106mm recoilless rifles.
| US Forces in Flames of War | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | M4 Sherman - M3 Lee - M5/M3 Stuart - M24 Chaffee - M26 Pershing - M27 Tank - M6 Heavy Tank - T14 Heavy Tank |
| Transports: | M3 Halftrack - Jeep - DUKW |
| Infantry: | US Armored Rifle Platoon - Parachute Rifle Platoon - Rifle Platoon - American Rifle Company - Glider Platoon - Machine Gun Platoon |
| Artillery: | US 155mm - US 105mm Artillery - US 75mm Artillery - US 81mm Mortars - T27 Xylophone - 57mm Anti Tank Platoon - M12 155mm Artillery Battery - M7 Priest - M8 Scott |
| Tank Destroyer: | M10 - M18 Hellcat - T55 Gun Motor Carriage - M36 Slugger |
| Recon: | M3 Scout Car - M20 Security Section - M8 Greyhound Cavalry Recon Patrol |
| Aircraft: | P40 Warhawk - P47 Thunderbolt - P38 Lightning - F4U Corsair |
| Anti-Aircraft: | M15 & M16 AAA Platoon |