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wz. 1929 105 mm Polish long range gun; wz. 36 37 mm Polish anti-tank gun improved, ... List of artillery; List of World War II weapons This page was ...
At 32,584 m (35,635 yd), it had the longest range of any US Army field artillery weapon in World War II. It was also used in small numbers by the British Army . Development and production
World War II 57 M18 Kromuskit United States: World War II / Cold War: 73 SPG-9 Soviet Union: Cold War / Modern 74 Miniman Sweden: Cold War: 75 LG 40 Nazi Germany: World War II 75 M20 United States: World War II / Cold War 80 Breda Folgore Italy: Cold War / Modern 82 BzK vzor 59 Czechoslovakia: Cold War 82 B-10 Soviet Union: Cold War 82 M-60 ...
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 ...
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict.
The 240 mm howitzer was the most powerful weapon deployed by US field artillery units during World War II, able to fire a 360 lb (160 kg) high explosive projectile 25,225 yards (23,066 m). [3] It was the largest field piece used by the US Army during the war except for naval ordnance adapted into railway guns. [4]
The conclusion of the board vis-a-vis heavy field artillery was that the French 155 mm GPF should be adopted as the standard heavy field piece but further development work should occur to achieve a heavy field gun with a max. range of 25,000 yards (23 km), a vertical arc of fire from 0° to 65° (for comparison, GPF had only 35°), a projectile ...
The gun's shells had to punch through seven metres of reinforced concrete or one full metre of steel armour plate, from beyond the range of French artillery. [7] Krupp engineer Erich Müller calculated that the task would require a weapon with a calibre of around 80 centimetres (31 in), firing a projectile weighing seven tonnes (15,000 lb) from ...