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Old 17-01-06, 02:44
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Default Re: 57mm M1

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Originally posted by Gunner
I can find no evidence that Canada used the M1 and must conclude that Canadian factories produced enough 6 pounders to meet the needs of Canadian anti-tank gunners.
At the end of paragraph 37 in CMHQ Report 141 it states the following:

“In Italy a slight deficiency was covered by the use of the 57-mm M1 anti-tank gun. This is the American counterpart of the 6-pr. The deficiency was made up by the end of the year.”

http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/downloads/cmhq/cmhq141.pdf
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