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Units were initially equipped with the M101A1 howitzer, virtually the same 105 mm howitzer that had been used to support U.S. forces since World War II. In 1966 a new 105 mm towed howitzer, the M102, was received in Vietnam. The first M102s were issued to the 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery, in March 1966. [2]
The M108 howitzer is an American self-propelled 105 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s as a replacement for the M52 self-propelled howitzer. [ 1 ] The M108 was powered by a Detroit Diesel turbocharged 8V-71T 8-cylinders 405 hp engine.
Arriving in Vietnam as part of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War in March 1968, replacing the 106th Field Battery and was equipped with the 105mm M2A2 Howitzer. [1] On the night of 12 May 1968, while at Fire Support Base Coral , a M2A2 howitzer was captured by North Vietnamese troops who temporarily overran part of the base, however the ...
The first example was the 105mm howitzer M546 anti-personnel tracer (APERS-T), first fired in combat in 1966 [2] and thereafter used extensively in the Vietnam War. Intended for direct fire against enemy troops, the M546 was direct fired from a near horizontally leveled 105 mm howitzer [ 3 ] and ejected 8000 flechettes during flight by a ...
As the attacking VC reached the weapon and attempted to turn it on the Americans, the gun was blown apart by a round from a 105 mm howitzer crew from their position 75 m away. By 08:40 the Americans on the northeastern, eastern and southeastern perimeter had withdrawn to a secondary defensive line around the artillery.
Bunkers and trench line on the perimeter of Mai Loc Camp, 16 October 1969 Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, lays the foundation for a blastwall to protect an M102 105mm howitzer, 16 October 1969. Mai Loc was located approximately 8 km southwest of Ca Lu Combat Base and 25 km west of Quảng Trị. [1]
2/12 Marines firing their 105mm howitzer, Con Thien, 19 October 1967. Operation Cimarron began on 1 June in the same area with the same units. There was limited contact with the PAVN but many enemy bunkers and supply caches were found and destroyed and several PAVN graves located. Cimarron ended on 2 July.
Vietnam is in talks with South Korea to acquire the K9 Thunder Self-propelled Howitzer to replace its aging mobile artillery fleet. [81] Vietnam in the process of completing $300 million for K9 Thunder SPH. Purchase includes 20 units of K9 Thunder and a number of K10 ammunition transport vehicles. Vietnam also interested in technology transfer ...