Towards the end of the Korean War, the US Army sought to replace the M41 Howitzer Motor Carriage with the M44, a brand new vehicle using the drive train of the recent M41 light tank and the prototype retained was designated the T99E1.

Oct 8, 2018 · T99E1 served as the series pilot vehicle and attempted to retain many of the underlying workings of the M41 tank as possible. The five road wheels of the M41 became six road wheels in the M44 to which the track idler was deleted and the sixth road wheel pairing serving in this role.

M41轻型坦克 定型后，美军决定采用定型的 M41轻型坦克 上的部件研制自行火炮，代号改为T99E1。 由于 朝鲜战争 爆发，军方决定T99E1立即投产，很快就生产了250辆。 T99及T99E1采用全密封战斗室，并引入了弹道计算机、 火炮稳定器 等，在20世纪50年代初期是很先进的了。 不过，由于仓促上马，炮车的故障相当多，不得不修改设计，取消了弹道计算机和火炮稳定器，由于战斗室的空间不够，战斗室也改为敞开式的。 改进后的炮车称为T194，并对已生产的250 …

Jan 15, 2014 · [td]T76[/td] [td]HMC[/td] [td][/td] [td]105mm Howitzer[/td] [td]No[/td] [td]Track[/td] [td][/td] [td]Type standardized as M37 HMC. Based on a lengthened chassis of the M24 Chaffee light tank with 105mm Howitzer in open fighting compartment.

Jan 17, 2021 · t99e1的新版本被命名为t194，t194的车顶是敞开式的，安装一门改进后的155毫米口径t186e1榴弹炮，它随后被标准化为m45榴弹炮。 之后，250辆T99E1按照T194标准进行改造，最后被定名为M44。

May 21, 2018 · The T99E1 itself would soon be redesigned as the T194, and then standardized as the M44. The T99 is basically just a premium version of the M44 using the stock hull. Nothing too special about it, except it might see some worse soft stats because of the circumstances surrounding its development.

Jan 27, 2025 · In this situation, the T99 also developed rapidly, such as an improved T99E1 that replaced the body and gun with T41E1 and T97E1 at the same time, and 250 units were made.

T99E1: Closed-topped prototype pilot vehicle. T194E1 and M44: Revised open-topped production model. M44A1: M44s upgraded with AOS-895-6 engine, increasing range to 82 miles.

Jan 27, 2025 · 미군은 2차대전 종전 후인 1946년부터 M24 채피 기반의 M41 HMC 를 대체할 신형 경형 자주포를 기획하고 있었는데, 1940년대 말부터 T37 [1] 이라는 이름으로 개발되던 M41 워커 불독 의 차체를 활용하여 T98과 T99 자주포를 개발하는게 결정되었다. T98과 T99 자주 곡사포는 모두 155mm T97 곡사포로 무장하였으며, 주포는 좌우 30도, 65도 올림, 5도 내림에 해당하는 포각을 갖출 계획이었다. 또한 승무원과 실내 장비를 보호하기 위해 완전히 장갑으로 보호된 폐쇄형 …

The new self-propelled howitzer was designated T99 and it included a fully-enclosed gun mount. The start of the Korean War in June 1950 led to a “crash” program to get the vehicle into production. At the time it entered production in 1951, it was redesignated T99E1.