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The 75 mm gun M1916 was a US Army field artillery piece used during and after World War I. It was used as an anti-aircraft gun as well as a field piece. It originated as the 3-inch gun M1913 , which was soon modified to the 3-inch gun M1916 , which was later altered to the subject weapon.
Caliber (mm) Weapon name Country of origin Entered Service 75 M8 howitzer motor carriage United States: 1942 75 Semovente da 75/18 Kingdom of Italy: 1942 75 Sav m/43 Sweden: 1944 83.8 Birch gun United Kingdom: 1928 87.6 Bishop United Kingdom: 1942 87.6 Sexton Canada: 1943 94 Ordnance QF 95 mm howitzer on Cromwell, Centaur and Churchill CS tanks
A revised version of this gun was released as the Škoda 75 mm Model 1928. The Germans bought some guns during World War I, but used them as infantry guns in direct support of the infantry, as their light weight would allow them to move with the infantry. They complained that the guns were too fragile and didn't have a high enough muzzle ...
75 mm was one of the most popular calibres of the mid-20th Century, forming the basis for a number of excellent designs, especially light field howitzers. Pages in category "75 mm artillery" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
75 mm howitzer of the 1st Airlanding Light Artillery Regiment in action in Italy. 75 mm pack howitzer on carriage M1, supplied to Chinese forces. Two major lend lease recipients of the M1 were United Kingdom (826 pack howitzers) and China (637 pack howitzers and 125 field howitzers). 68 pieces were supplied to France, and 60 to various ...
The 81 mm mortar shells used an adapter collar to allow 60 mm mortar shell fuzes to fit. Originally packed in wooden crates, the late war shells (1944–1945) were packed in metal M140 canisters. The M140 canister carried live shells in a four-chambered internal divider, had a horsehair pad in the inside of the lid to cushion the fuzes, and had ...
The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses. The country the company is based in, if the ...
The US decided early in World War I to switch from 3-inch (76 mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field guns. Its preferred gun for re-equipment was the French 75 mm Model of 1897, but early attempts to produce it in the US using US commercial mass-production techniques failed, partly due to delays in obtaining necessary French plans, and then their being incomplete or inaccurate, and partly because ...