The crew of a 3-inch gun on the watch for German tanks, somewhere in western Europe.
The 3 inch Gun M5 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States during World War II. The gun combined a 3-inch (76.2 mm) barrel of the anti-aircraft gun T9 and elements of the 105 mm howitzer M2. The M5 was issued exclusively to the US Army tank destroyer battalions starting in 1943. It saw combat in the Italian Campaign and in the Northwest Europe campaign.

Anti-tank gun crew

Soldiers of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, muscle a 57mm anti-tank gun into position at what became known as the "Hot Corner", at the Germany-Belgium border, a patch of ground the division denied to the advancing Germans which ensured the North Shoulder of the Bulge would hold. This photo was taken on December 17, 1944.


Action at the "Hot Corner"

Men of the 7th Division, US Army, move a gun up to the front line on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, South Pacific; January 31-February 4, 1944.