Creating a US 57mm AT gun

csmdave wrote

From Chamberlain & Gander's 'Anti-Tank Weapons' (part of the WW2 Fact Files series, 1974)

"From February 1941 the British drawings were converted to suit American production methods and the result was the 57mm Antitank Gun M1 on Carriage M1.The carriage differed mainly in having a wheel operated traverse, but it was generally modified first by fitting combat tyres to produce the M1A1 and then a revision was made to the British shoulder-operated free traverse to produce the M1A2. The M1A3 was a further change incorporating towing eye changes."

So I guess the simplest conversion is remove the flash hider to make the gun look like a 1941 6pdr, give it different tyres/tires and say it's an M1A2 carriage... In the pictures, the only visible difference is the wheels.

I believe Italeri makes a reworked British 6 pounder to cosmetically look like a US 57mm. It was also packed by Zvezda as kit #3518 Mk-1.

Rob Gronovius Modern US armor at

Italeri/Zvezda offer the old 1/35th scale Peerless Max Six Pounder boxed as a US 57 mm gun, but alas, they have not added any new parts to actually represent the American version. The gun tube is longer on the US variant, and the tires from the Italeri US Trailer Kit need to be substituted for the British wheels and tires (wheels from a Dodge 3/4 ton truck will also work). Originally, the US substituted a geared elevation and traverse, but later reverted to the British free traverse using the gunner's shoulder to train the gun. Gerald Owens

As noted the two biggest things are to (a) extend the barrel by 15" and (b) change the wheels for either US ones from an old Peerless Max trailer set with either tactical tires or commercial (street) tires. There are some other bits, such as an offset reversible towing lunette and some changes in the gun shield, but that's the big stuff.

Cookie Sewell

IIRC These guns were still around in Korea when that mess blew up. Were absolutely worthless against T-34s.

Bill Shuey

Bill,

In point of fact it was the most numerous artillery piece the ROKs had -- Truman was afraid if he gave Singman Rhee more 105s he would have attacked the DRPK first!

Cookie Sewell