C&R · IV · 233
3-inch Anti-tank Gun M5
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 88 ↗
U.S., 3" Anti-tank Gun, Model M-5.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1944.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 88 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. livinghistoryregistry.com ↗, maker: Living History Registry: 3in Anti-Tank Gun M5 No. 0056 built by Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Hammond, Indiana (carriage 1942); No. 2403 (M5A1) Pullman Standard, recoil mechanism Rock Island (1944)
- 2. livinghistoryregistry.com ↗, maker: Living History Registry: 3in Anti-Tank Gun M5 No. 1009 built by Vilter Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee (1943)
- 3. Wikipedia, “3-inch gun M5” ↗, action: towed anti-tank gun with horizontal-block breech (recorded as Other)
- 4. Wikipedia, “3-inch gun M5” ↗, calibers: infobox caliber 3 in (76.2 mm)
- 5. Wikipedia, “3-inch gun M5” ↗, years: infobox production date December 1942 – June 1943, November–December 1943, April–September 1944
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passMaker: U.S. Army Ordnance contractors → Pullman-Standard; Vilter Mfg. & others. Registry records name the gun makers
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Three Inch M-5 Gun.jpg” by Chitrapa at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “3-inch gun M5”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The 3-inch gun M5 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States during World War II. The gun combined a 3-inch (76.2 mm) barrel of the anti-aircraft gun T9 and elements of the 105 mm howitzer M2. The M5 was issued exclusively to the US Army tank destroyer battalions starting in 1943. It saw combat in the Italian Campaign and on the Western Front in Northwest Europe.