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The howitzer could only be loaded at 11° elevation because the shells had to be rammed by a hand-powered winch with pushrod. The eight later weapons used the same carriage as the 24 cm Kanone M. 16; it had trunnion mounts for both types and the gun used the forward mounts while the howitzer used the rear ones.
152 mm howitzer M1910/37 Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B, M1987 ...
Pages in category "380 mm artillery" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... BL 15-inch howitzer; BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun; C. Cannone da ...
A rocket-assisted projectile (RAP) is a cannon, howitzer, mortar, or recoilless rifle round incorporating a rocket motor for independent propulsion. This gives the projectile greater speed and range than a non-assisted ballistic shell, which is propelled only by the gun's exploding charge.
The first shipments of the Biden administration’s $800 million military aid package have arrived in Ukraine. Included among the first round of weapons are 18 155 mm howitzers, in addition to ...
Therefore, a decision was made to create a new vehicle based on the Tiger tank and arm it with a 210 mm howitzer. However, this weapon turned out not to be available at the time and was therefore replaced by a 380 mm rocket launcher, which was adapted from a Kriegsmarine depth charge launcher.
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The howitzer (/ ˈ h aʊ. ɪ t s ər /) is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.It is capable of both low angle fire like a field gun and high angle fire like a mortar, given the distinction between low and high angle fire breaks at 45 degrees or 1600 mils (NATO).