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An 8-inch US Army field gun in action during the bombardment of Brest. In 1919, the Westervelt Board, named for its president, Brigadier General William I. Westervelt , described the ideal heavy gun for future development having a bore of 194 mm to 8 inches, a projectile of about 200 lbs in weight, and a range of 35,000 yards.
F26 Finder range, 1-meter base, F27 Sights, rocking-bar (all types) – Parts and equipment; F28 Sight, M1901 (French) F29 Sight, M1916, for 75 mm Gun M1916 – Parts and equipment; F30 Sight, telescopic, 2.24-inch (6 Pdr.) tank gun, Mk.II (British) -Parts and equipment; F31 Sight, M1916, telescopic, 37mm gun, M1916 – Parts and equipment, 18 ...
Gross Weight: 110 lbs. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet. R1QIA = 2 × 105 mm Casualty Gas M60 with M57 Point-Detonating Fuze. Gross Weight: 121 lbs. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet. R1QJA = 2 × 105 mm Smoke M60 with M57 Point-Detonating Fuze. Gross Weight: 123 lbs. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet. R1QMA = 2 × 105 mm Riot Control Gas M60. Volume: 1.8 cubic feet.
Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.
The 8"/55 caliber gun (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber") formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8 inch × 55 = 440 inches ...
The M77 was developed from the M483A1 that was developed for so-called "cargo" artillery shells in the 155 mm and 8-inch (203 mm) calibers. A dual-purpose improved conventional munition ( DPICM ) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into submunitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target ...
The M115 203 mm howitzer, also known as the M115 8-inch howitzer, and originally the M1 8-inch howitzer was a towed heavy howitzer developed by the United States Army and used during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Post-WWII it was also adopted by a number of other nations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
The 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery, was constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 31st Field Artillery and assigned to the 11th Division. The "Proud American" Battalion was organized at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland 6 August 1918 but relieved thereafter from its assignment to the 11th Division on 30 September 1918.