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htuttle

(23,738 posts)
6. Looks like either a M2A1 105mm or a M114 155 mm
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 06:05 PM
Nov 2019

NOTE: Not an expert. My entire knowledge base comes from a tour of Fort Sill when my dad was an artillerist in the Guard.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
8. WAG (wild assed guess) 105 mm M101A1 howitzer
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 06:08 PM
Nov 2019

Here's the specs: 105 mm M101A1 howitzer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M101_howitzer


But you are welcome to look on this page under artillery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_weapons#Artillery


From those available the 105mm looks right

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
10. As a former 13A who trained on the old 155mm towed howitzer...
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 06:46 PM
Nov 2019

That's a 155mm towed howitzer. Prime mover was a 5-ton truck.

Along with everything else about it, the shininess of the tube is a dead giveaway.

1/84 FA 1972-74; How Btry. 3/2 ACR 1974-75.

 

braddy

(3,585 posts)
11. 1/84th FA 1972-1974 Ft. Lewis. It's a small world, and a less than inspiring unit I thought.
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 07:20 PM
Nov 2019

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Aristus

(66,076 posts)
13. Tough call, due to the poor perspective re your father and the muzzle of the gun.
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 09:19 PM
Nov 2019

It looks large enough to be the 155mm.

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