The M36 “Jackson” gun carriage was named for one of America’s
greatest Generals. Just as Stonewall Jackson outmaneuvered and punished the Union
Army during the war of secession, the M36 did the same thing to the German tank
corps in World War II.
A beautifully restored M36 Jackson
The M36 Jackson with its high speed and 90 mm main gun,
was the only vehicle which could knock out German tanks like the Tiger and
Panther. The Jackson covered the
backside if the inferior Sherman tank.
Had the Jackson not been present in in the European theater of
operations, the Sherman tanks would have been slaughtered in tragic numbers.
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