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During World War II, sound ranging was a mature technology and widely used, particularly by the British (in corps level artillery survey regiments) and Germans (in Beobachtungsabteilungen). Development continued and better equipment was introduced, particularly for locating mortars.
Rocket artillery T34 Calliope: 114 mm/183 mm 4.5 in/7.2 in Rocket artillery United States: T40 Whizbang: 180 mm (7.2 in) Rocket artillery United States: Field artillery 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6: 75 mm (2.95 in) Field gun United States: Copy of a British weapon QF 2.95-inch mountain gun: 75 mm (2.95 in) Mountain gun United Kingdom: Used in the Philippines
Army 20 cm rocket: Japanese 200 mm artillery rocket; BL 4.5 inch: British 114 mm gun; BL 5.5 inch: British 140 mm gun; BL 7.2 inch: British 183 mm howitzer; BL 60 pounder: British 127 mm gun; Bofors 37 mm: Swedish 37 mm light antitank gun; Bofors 40 mm gun: Swedish 40 mm antiaircraft gun; Bofors Model 29: Swedish 75 mm antiaircraft gun
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
Artillery designed, built, or operated by the United States during the World War II era (1920-1945). Wikimedia Commons has media related to World War II artillery of the United States . Subcategories
The 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (15 cm NbW 41) was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War.It served with units of the Nebeltruppen, German Chemical Corps units that had the responsibility for poison gas and smoke weapons that were also used to deliver high-explosives during the war.
Requirements prohibit firing multiple large weapons between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily and 10 a.m. to noon Sundays. “Fort Liberty trains the most elite airborne and special operations soldiers in ...
The conclusion of the board vis-a-vis corps (heavy field) artillery was that an ideal heavy howitzer should have range of at least 16,000 yards (15 km) and allow the elevation of 65° [2] (as opposed to the existing World War I-era M-1918 155 mm howitzers, a license-built French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, 11.5 km and +42° 20 ...