This site is dedicated to the history and preservation of the M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer

76mm Gun Motor Carriage (T70)


Production

    General Motors, Buick Division

    July 1943 to October 1944

    2507 produced

    $55,230 production cost   


Power Train

    80 Octane gasoline

    24 Volts


Performance

    50 mph top speed

    485 HP @ 2,400 RPM (C4)

    48 in. fording depth

    60% @ 3mph Max Grade


Communication

    SCR-610 Radio

    5 RC-99 Interphone stations


Armament

    76mm M1A2 Gun

    .50 cal M2HB Machine Gun

    5 M1 .30 Carbines


Ammunition

    45 76mm rounds

    800 .50 cal rounds

    450 .30 cal rounds

    6 Smoke grenades WP M50

    6 Fragmentation grenades Mk. II

    4 Smoke Pots


Specifications

Capacities