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The 75 mm pack howitzer was designed in the United States in the 1920s to meet a need for an artillery piece that could be moved across difficult terrain. Development began in 1920, and in August 1927, the weapon was standardized as howitzer, pack, 75mm M1 on carriage M1. Due to meager funding, production rates were very low; by 1933, only 32 ...
The 75 mm gun M1916 was a US Army field artillery piece used during and after World War I. It was used as an anti-aircraft gun as well as a field piece. It originated as the 3-inch gun M1913 , which was soon modified to the 3-inch gun M1916 , which was later altered to the subject weapon.
75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 / M116 United States: World War II 75: Obice da 75/18 Modello 34, 35 Italy: World War II 75: Bofors 75 mm Mountain Gun Sweden: World War II 75: Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 Sweden: World War II 75: Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun Japan: 2nd Sino-Japanese War: 75: Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun Japan: 2nd Sino-Japanese War: 75: leGebIG ...
The armament of the M8 consisted of a new open-topped turret armed with a 75 mm M2 howitzer, later a 75 mm M3 howitzer. The M8 carried 46 rounds of 75 mm ammunition; 11 rounds at the right rear of the fighting compartment, 20 rounds at the left rear of the fighting compartment, 9 rounds in the left hull sponson, and 6 "ready" rounds stored ...
The 105 mm Howitzer M3 was a U.S. light howitzer designed for use by airborne troops. The gun utilized the barrel of the 105 mm Howitzer M2, shortened and fitted to a slightly modified split trail carriage of the 75 mm pack howitzer. The howitzer was used by the U.S. Army during World War II.
M2 75 mm gun as mounted in medium tank M3. The 75 mm tank gun has its origins in the January 1937 specification for a light anti-aircraft gun T6 which would have supplemented heavy 3-inch guns and used the same range of 75x350R ammunition as the 75 mm field gun M1897. After the gun, which featured a 31-caliber barrel and a sliding block breech ...
75 mm was one of the most popular calibres of the mid-20th Century, forming the basis for a number of excellent designs, especially light field howitzers. Pages in category "75 mm artillery" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
"Howitzer Motor Carriage" Ordnance Department / White Motor Company United States 75 mm L/18.4. Half track: M3; Retired 1942 312 312 some received 2nd hand Equipped with 75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 [106] [107] T19 HMC "Howitzer Motor Carriage" Ordnance Department / Diamond T United States 105 mm L/22. Half track: M3; Retired 1942 324 324