M5 (37 mm)
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Description
Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell about the history of the devekopment and combat using of the weaponry and also about it's features. Make a air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
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Available shells
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of
warhead |
Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack | |||||
| 10m | 100m | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | 2000m | ||
| M74 shot | AP | 66 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 38 | 31 |
M51 shot (3  )
|
APC | 66 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 38 | 31 |
| M74B1 | AP | 78 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| M51B1/B2 (7 )
|
APC | 78 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity
in m/s |
Projectile
Mass in kg |
Fuse delay
in m: |
Fuse sensitivity
in mm: |
Explosive Mass in g
(TNT equivalent): |
Normalization At 30°
from horizontal: |
Ricochet: | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| M74 shot | 792 | 0.87 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -1° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| M51 shot | 792 | 0.87 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +4° | 48° | 63° | 71° |
| M74B1 | 883 | 0.87 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -1° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| M51B1/B2 | 883 | 0.87 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +4° | 48° | 63° | 71° |
M74 and M51 are used by M2A4 and M3 Stuart only. M74B1 and M51B1/B2 are used by M3 Lee and Grant I only.
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in the battles
Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.
Pros and cons
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Pros:
Cons:
Historical part
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.
Media
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Read also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,
- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
ETC.
Sources
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- topic on the official game forum
- page on the Wikipedia
- page on aircraft or gorund forces encyclopedia
- other literature
| USA tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 20 mm | M139 |
| 25 mm | LW25 · M242 |
| 37 mm | M3 · M5 · M6 |
| 57 mm | M1 |
| 75 mm | M2 · M2 Howitzer · M3 · M6 · M1897A4 · XM274 |
| 76 mm | M1 · M7 · M32 · T185E1 |
| 90 mm | M3 · M3A1 · M36 · M41 · M54 · T15E1 · T15E2 · T54 · T208E9 |
| 105 mm | M4 · M68 · M68A1 · M68A1E8 · T5E1 · T5E2 · T140E2 · T140E3 · XM35 |
| 106 mm | M40A1C |
| 120 mm | M58 · M256 · T53 |
| 152 mm | M81 · M162 · XM150E5 |
| 155 mm | M185 · T7 |
| 165 mm | M135 |
| Foreign: | |
| 20 mm | Rh202 (Germany) |
| 57 mm | 6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · ZIS-2 (USSR) |
| 105 mm | Sharir (Israel) |
| 120 mm | IMI MG251 (Israel) |
