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The M101A1 (previously designated Howitzer M2A2 on Carriage M2A2) howitzer is an artillery piece developed and used by the United States. It was the standard U.S. light field howitzer in World War II and saw action in both the European and Pacific theaters and during the Korean War. Entering production in 1941, it quickly gained a reputation ...
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 cm howitzer Japan: World War II 280: M65 atomic cannon, Atomic Annie United States: Cold War 283: 28 cm Haubitze L/12 German Empire: World War I 283: 28 ...
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.
75 mm howitzer M1920 75 mm howitzer on carriage M3A1, fitted with 37 mm subcaliber gun for training 75 mm pack howitzer on display at the National World War II Museum. Howitzer variants: M1920, M1922A, M1922B, M1923B, M1923E1, M1923E2 – prototypes. [5] M1 – the first standardized variant. Based on M1923E2 with minor changes. [5]
The 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40 (10.5 cm GebH 40) was a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) German mountain howitzer used during World War II.A total of 420 were built during World War II. It saw action with German mountain divisions in Finland, Italy, France, on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans from 194
This is particularly true in the armed forces of the United States, where gun-howitzers have been officially described as howitzers since World War II. Because of this practice, the word howitzer is used in some armies as a generic term for any kind of artillery piece that is designed to attack targets using indirect fire. Thus, artillery ...
The 105 mm howitzer motor carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II.It was given the service name 105 mm self propelled, Priest by the British Army, due to the pulpit-like machine gun ring, and following on from the Bishop and the contemporary Deacon self-propelled guns.
The D-1 howitzer M1943 (Russian: 152-mm gaubitsa obr. 1943 g. (D-1)) is a Soviet World War II-era 152.4 mm howitzer.The gun was developed by the design bureau headed by F. F. Petrov in 1942 and 1943, based on the carriage of the 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) and using the barrel of the 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10).