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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M1 was designed to replace the World War I era 240 mm howitzer M1918, which was based on a 1911 French design and was outdated by World War II.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]
The 8-inch gun M1 was a 203 mm towed heavy gun developed in the United States. 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 .
The 35.5 cm Haubitze M1 was a German siege howitzer.It was developed by Rheinmetall before World War II to meet the German Army's request for a super-heavy howitzer. Eight were produced between 1939 and 1944.
Light howitzer United States: Canon de 155 mm GPF: 155 mm (6.10 in) Field gun/coastal artillery France: M114 155 mm howitzer: 155 mm (6.1 in) Howitzer United States: 155 mm gun M1 Long Tom: 155 mm (6.1 in) Towed field artillery United States: The 4.5-inch gun M1 was a variant to fire British ammunition. M115 howitzer: 203 mm (8.0 in) Howitzer ...
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 M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1941 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, before being replaced by the M198 howitzer.
M114 155 mm howitzer, M1 United States: World War II, 1980s, modern 155: 155 mm gun M1, M2, M59, Long Tom United States: World War II, Cold War, modern 155: FH70 howitzer Germany, Italy, United Kingdom: Cold War, modern 155: Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 France: Cold War: 155: Fälthaubits 77 Sweden: Cold War, modern 155: FH-88 howitzer ...
The M115 203 mm howitzer, also known as the M115 8-inch howitzer, and originally the M1 8-inch howitzer was a towed heavy howitzer developed by the United States Army and used during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Post-WWII it was also adopted by a number of other nations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.