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105 mm howitzer M3 United States: World War II 105: M102 howitzer United States: Vietnam, Grenada, Gulf War, Iraq: 105: M618A2 Thailand: Modern 105: 10,5 cm haubits m/10 Sweden: World War I 105: Bofors 10.5 cm howitzer Model 1924 Sweden: World War II 105: 10,5 cm haubits m/40 Sweden: World War II 105: M-56 howitzer Yugoslavia: Cold War 105 ...
The term "Howitzer" is used to describe a cannon which fires a shell in a high curving trajectory, as compared to a Gun which fires a shell in a relatively flat trajectory. The precise dividing line between mortars and howitzers varies, and European countries such as Austria referred to long range guns as large as 305 mm as siege mortars which ...
Historically, howitzers fired a heavy shell in a high-trajectory from a relatively short barrel and their range was limited but they were slightly more mobile than similar size field guns. Since the end of World War II , howitzers have gained longer barrels and hence increased range to become gun-howitzers .
3.7-inch mountain howitzer United Kingdom: World War I / World War II 100: 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm M. 16 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm M. 16/19 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Czechoslovakia: World War II 105
105 mm howitzer 10.5 cm leFH 16 German Empire: 105 mm howitzer 10.5 cm leFH 18 Nazi Germany: 105 mm howitzer 10.5 cm leFH 18M Nazi Germany: 105 mm howitzer 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 Nazi Germany: 105 mm howitzer 10.5 cm sK 18 Nazi Germany: 105 mm field gun 12 cm felthaubits/m32 Norway: 120 mm howitzer 12.8 cm PaK 44 Nazi Germany: 128 mm anti-tank gun
15 cm sFH 02 (heavy field howitzer) 15 cm sFH 13 (heavy field howitzer) 15 cm SK "Nathan" 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen; 21 cm L/14.5 Mörser 16 (mortar) 21 cm Mörser 10 (mortar) 21 cm Mörser 99 (mortar) 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" 21 cm Versuchmörser 06 (mortar) 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" 28 cm ...
The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII (6, 7 and 8) were a series of British artillery siege howitzers on mobile carriages of a new design introduced in World War I. [ note 1 ] They were designed by Vickers in Britain and produced by all four British artillery manufacturers but mainly by Armstrong and one American company.
The 4.5-inch howitzer entered Irish service in 1925 to equip the newly formed 3rd Field Battery. Additional equipment received by the Irish Army in 1941 included four 4.5-inch howitzers. In 1943–44, 20 additional 4.5-inch howitzers were received. Thirty-eight 4.5-inch howitzers, all on carriage Mk1PA, were used by the reserve FCA.