Bolt Action - Japanese Army Support Group Early War BEF British Infantry The 57mm M1 anti-tank gun

The 57mm M1 anti-tank gun was a close copy of the British QF 6pdr which was itself also used by some American forces

it would be considered a light tank in any other contemporary army

By mid-war it was packing a deadly long-barrelled 75mm gun

its armour shrugging off most infantry weapons and shrapnel

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