A group of M3 half-tracks, armed with 75-mm cannons, provides fire support in Sicily, Italy, in the summer of 1943.

Fire support

During the Battle of St. Vith in the Battle of the Bulge, on 18 December 1944, an M8 armored car from Troop B, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and Company A, was able to destroy a German Tiger I heavy tank from 1st SS Panzer Division. The M8 fired three 37 mm rounds through the relatively thin rear armor of the Tiger from only 25 yd. (23 m), setting it on fire.



M8 Greyhound in Winter Camo

The 713th Tank Battalion takes up positions on a hill in Okinawa. The M4 medium Sherman tanks are equipped with 105-mm howitzers and (Marine Corps design) M4A3R5 flamethrowers; April 1945.