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BL 9.2-inch howitzer UK: World Wars I, II 240: 24 cm Mörser M 98 Austria-Hungary: World War I 240: M1918 240 mm howitzer United States: World War I 240: 240 mm howitzer M1 United States: World War II, Korean War 280: 28 cm howitzer L/10 Japan: Russo-Japanese War, World Wars I, II 240: Type 45 240 mm howitzer Japan: World War II 240: Type 96 24 ...
The 240 mm howitzer M1, popularly nicknamed the "Black Dragon", [1] was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. The 240 mm M1 was designed to replace the World War I era 240 mm howitzer M1918, which was based on a 1911 French design and was outdated by World War II. The project to replace the M1918 began in 1941. [2]
Schwerer Gustav was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, and in terms of weight, the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built. It fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece. [6]
The 42 centimetre kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (short naval cannon), or Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), popularly known by the nickname Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918.
BL 9.2 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 12 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 15 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; RML 6.3 inch howitzer Second Boer War howitzer; FH-70 155 mm gun; M777 155 mm howitzer; L118 light gun 105 mm; M119; Self-propelled artillery. FV433 Abbot SPG self-propelled 105 mm gun; AS-90 155 mm ...
Many howitzers introduced in the course of World War I had longer barrels than pre-war howitzers. The standard German light field howitzer at the start of the war (the 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 98/09 ) had a barrel that was 16 calibers long, but the light field howitzer adopted by the German Army in 1916 ( 105 mm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 ...
The howitzer applied 38 calibers barrel for extending the maximum range to 18 km using RAP ammunition. Only 18 howitzers saw service with South Korean military in favor of mass-producing KH179 155 mm towed howitzer. [21] As of 2021, South Korea is the largest operator of the M101 howitzer with about 2,000 pieces in active service.
The M777 howitzer is a British towed 155 mm artillery piece in the howitzer class. It is used by the ground forces of Australia , Canada , Colombia , India , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , and the United States .