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The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59 .
Long Tom is a generic name for some early age cannon and field guns, used both on land as at sea. A 155 mm Long Tom Profile view of the 155 mm Creusot Long Tom replica in the Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga. Made in 1985 to commemorate the use of these cannon during the Second Boer War. A 155 mm Creusot Long Tom replica at Fort Klapperkop outside ...
The 155 mm Creusot Long Tom was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns. [ 1 ] : p. 164
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.
155 mm (6.1 in) is a NATO-standard artillery shell caliber that is used in many field guns, howitzers, and gun-howitzers. It is defined in AOP-29 part 1 with reference to STANAG 4425. Land warfare
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Ultimately, both the US Army and Marine Corps phased out their M1918 guns for the 155 mm M1A1 "Long Tom" beginning in 1942. The M1918 was also fitted to the M12 Gun Motor Carriage as a self-propelled gun (SPG) and used from 1943 to 1945.
M2 60 mm mortar: 60 mm light mortar of the US Army; M2 90 mm gun: American 90 mm antiaircraft gun/Anti tank gun; M2 105 mm howitzer: American 105 mm howitzer; M2 155 mm gun: American 155 mm gun ("Long Tom") M2 4.2-inch mortar: American 107mm mortar; M4 4.2-inch recoilless mortar: American 4.2 inch recoilless mortar