WWII Artillery

Off the bench Dec 24, 2024. The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car, the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s and more than 38,000 variant units manufactured. The M3 […]

Off the Bench Dec 24, 2024. The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed “Long Tom”. it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59. The gun was deployed as a heavy field weapon during World War II

Off the bench Dec 24, 2024. M114 155 mm howitzer (not the Long Tom) The M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1942 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during

Off bench on Dec 24, 2024. 105CM M2A1 Howitzer (M101) 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 20 mm weapons had always had weak development perspectives, often being reconfigured or redesigned just enough to allow the weapons to find a use. Indeed, it came as a surprise when Rheinmetall introduced the 2 cm Flakvierling 38, which improved the weapon just enough to make it competitive again. The term Vierling literally translates