Vehicle:M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun

1 M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun Veterancy
2Tactics
3History
4Built/Called In From
- 4.1 Motor Pool
- 4.2 Off-Map Combat Group
5Company Abilities
- 5.1 Field Repairs
6Vehicle Abilities
- 6.1 Vehicle Cover
- 6.2 Armor Piercing Shells
7Vehicle Weapons
- 7.1 57mm AT Gun

M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun
	Health	390	Crew Size	3	Sight	45
	Cost	280	Crew Health	70	Detection	0/0
	Time	67	Crew Cover	Heavy
Hotkey: ?	Population	3	Crew Target Type	infantry	Target Type	towed_gun
	Upkeep	8.928

M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun Veterancy			[Expand][Hide]
	Accuracy	1.15	8 Vet-Exp
	Penetration	1.5	16 Vet-Exp
	Damage	1.25	32 Vet-Exp

Tactics

Place them behind sandbags and use an HMG team to back these up. The only thing that can get through such a defense is an artillery strike, massive tank spam, or a Panzer Elite infantry halftrack.
If Munition permit, Try to time your AP round as soon as your AT gun deliver the first shot.
If your face with a Tank encircling your AT tank, you can predict your enemy tank course and deploy it just before it arrive the predicted course.
You can repair manned AT gun like tanks. So whenever you recapture or have damage AT gun ,always get your engineer to repair AT gun. They can last longer in the battlefield.
You can reinforce your AT gun like infantry squads from either a building(HQ, FHQ and etc) or a half track. The airborne 57mm AT gun can be reinforce anywhere unlike the normal type.
If your expected to face heavy armor always keep a minimum of 3 AT gun to withhold the Tank advances.
If your enemy has some sort of artillery weapon( mortar, walking stuka and etc. When you engage your enemy do not leave your AT gun there. Move it to another position as it wont be long until your enemy would call for a bombardment.

History

First built and operated by the British. It wasn't until spring 1943, following the experience of the North African Campaign, the Infantry branch of the U.S. Army recognized the need to field a heavier antitank gun than the 37 mm M3. According to the Table of Organization and equipment from 26 May 1943, a regimental antitank company included nine 57 mm guns and each battalion had an antitank platoon with three guns giving a total of 18 guns per regiment. Dodge WC-62 / WC-63 6x6 1 1/2 ton trucks were issued as prime movers. By mid-1944 the M1 was the standard antitank gun of the U.S. infantry in the Western Front and outnumbered the M3 in Italy.

Because of the unexpected adoption for service, the only ammunition type in production in the U.S. by mid-1943 was the AP ammunition. Only after the Normandy Campaign did the HE round reach battlefield (U.S. units were sometimes able to get a limited amount of HE ammunition from the British Army), and the canister shot was not seen in significant numbers until the end of the war. This limited the efficiency of the gun in the infantry support role. Also, APCR or APDS rounds were never developed.

The U.S. Army also employed a limited number of British-built 6-ponders on carriage Mk 3, designed to fit into the Horsa glider. These guns were used to replace 37 mm pieces in the 82nd and the 101st airborne divisions before the Normandy airdrops.

The M1 went out of service in the U.S. soon after the end of the war.

Built/Called In From

Motor Pool				[Expand][Hide]
	Health	635	Target Type	building
	Cost	24045	Critical Type	building
	Time	112.5
Hotkey: M	Effects:Primary Vehicle Production Structure. Deploys M8 Armored Cars, Halftracks and 57mm Anti Tank guns. ESeeStructure:Motor Poolfor details.

Off-Map Combat Group				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	800	Activation	targeted
	Duration	0	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	40
Hotkey:	Effects:A small Reinforcement Division is available. ESeeAbility:Off-Map Combat Groupfor details.

Company Abilities

Field Repairs				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	150	Activation	timed
	Duration	20	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	45
Hotkey:	Effects:Crews will Repair their own Vehicles automatically. ESeeAbility:Field Repairsfor details.

Vehicle Abilities

Vehicle Cover				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost		Activation	always_on
	Duration	_	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	0
Hotkey:	Effects:$0 no key ESeeAbility:Vehicle Coverfor details.

Armor Piercing Shells				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	50	Activation	timed
	Duration	10	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	45
Hotkey: P	Effects:Fires high penetration Armor Piercing Shells for a short duration. ESeeAbility:Armor Piercing Shellsfor details.