Photo by John Frick, 2025

Designation: 3in Anti-Tank Gun M5
Model: 3in Anti Tank Gun M5A1
Identification No: 0620


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Corps
Built at: Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Hammond, Indiana, USA
Carriage
Model: M6
s/n:620
Mfr: Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Hammond, Indiana,
year: 1943
Recoil Mechanism
Model: M9A1
s/n:446
Mfr: Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal Island, Illinois,
year: 1943
Item Category: Artillery, Towed, Anti-tank

Memorial Information
Owner: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Document: TACOM On Loan Inventory, FOIA Oct 2017
Owner Reference No: none listed



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: American Legion Post 190, Brookfield, IL
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Grossdale Station
Brookfield Ave at Forest Ave
Brookfield, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long41.8226944-87.8424722 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM44PD_Veterans_Memorial_Carriage_Gun_Brookfield_IL

In-House private documents:

TACOM On Loan Inventory, FOIA Oct 2017

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Last update to record: 2026-05-13

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