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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone here good at identifying US artillery?
This is my Father, back in 1953 when he served on a gun crew in Korea.
What was the size and other information about the gun?
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Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)No idea but interested in what it actually is. Great picture!!
hibbing
(10,076 posts)2naSalit
(86,040 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)braddy
(3,585 posts)unc70
(6,094 posts)Was just about to post
htuttle
(23,738 posts)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)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
pbmus
(12,418 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)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)Last edited Wed Nov 13, 2019, 08:01 PM - Edit history (1)
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Aristus
(66,076 posts)It looks large enough to be the 155mm.