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The 155 mm gun motor carriage M40 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4A3 chassis, but with a Continental engine and with HVSS (horizontal volute spring suspension), which was introduced at the end of the Second World War.
155mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 – self-propelled 155 mm GMC (Either M1A1 or M2 gun) based on the M4A3 (HVSS) chassis. 8in Howitzer Motor Carriage M43 – self-propelled 8 inch HMC (standardized post-World War II).
CITEFA Model 77 Cold War/modern 155 mm gun/howitzer, based on the French 155 mm gun mounted on AMX Mk F3 SP gun; CALA 30 155 mm L45 long range gun; Self-propelled field artillery. VCA 155 self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, based on a TAM chassis with a Palmaria turret; Rocket artillery. SLAM Pampero 105 mm multiple rocket launcher
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Identical to the M12 except for the gun and recoil spade, it could carry 40 rounds of 155 mm ammunition, and was armed with a .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun [1] in a ring mount for self-defense. In operational conditions, the M12 and M30 would serve in pairs.
Today, Vietnam's M107s are operated as second-line artillery pieces in times of war and are currently in reserve storage of the PAVN's Artillery Corps, together with other American artillery pieces captured from American or South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, such as M101 howitzers 105 mm (4.1 in) and M114 howitzers 155 mm (6.1 in).
EVA is a Slovak-made self-propelled howitzer, developed by Konstrukta Defence and publicly revealed in 2015. The EVA is based on a Tatra 815 6x6 truck, but the system can be also mounted on a 8x8 truck chassis. It is armed with a 155 mm / L52 howitzer and has a maximum firing range of 41 kilometres (25 mi) with ERFB-BB ammunition. [3] [4]
The primary difference between the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps rifles is that while the U.S. Marine Corps M40 variants use the short-action version of the Remington 700/40x which is designed for cartridges having an overall length of 2.750 inches (69.85 mm) or less (such as the .308 Winchester/7.62×51 mm NATO), the Army M24 uses the ...