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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

    R975 Continental Radial Engine

    973 cu. in. 9 Cylinder air-cooled

    4 speed Torqmatic Transmission

    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

    Length: 21 ft. 10 in.

    Width: 9 ft. 5 in.

    Height: 8 ft. 5 in.

    Crew: 5

    Weight, gross: 37,557 lbs.

    Ground clearance: 14 in.

Capacities

    44 qt Transmission

    20 qt Differential, transfer case

    75 gal Fuel tank, left

    90 gal Fuel tank, right

    11 gal Engine oil