Re: 155mm Howitzer WW2 V Vietnam

From: STUART BEENEY (stuart.beeney@btinternet.com)
Date: Tue Oct 18 2005 - 13:34:07 PDT

Sorry should of said, I'm talking about the towed Artillery like the M1 A2,
with M114 carriage, I'm just starting to learn about this area of military
equipment so i may get things wrong

Regards
Stuart

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "STUART BEENEY" <stuart.beeney@btinternet.com>; "Military Vehicles
Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 155mm Howitzer WW2 V Vietnam

> At 7:50 PM +0100 10/18/05, STUART BEENEY wrote:
> >Dear List,
> > Can anyone tell me if there were any diffreneces in the
> >155mm Howitzers used duing WW2 compared to thoses used during the Vietnam
> >War.
>
> The Guns themselves or the mounts? Perhaps you mean the M1 155mm Howitzer
(on the M1 later the M114 carriage)? Bear in mind we had boucous 155mm guns
(Long Toms), 8" Howitzers, and 105mm howitzers for gun artillery.
>
> My TM9-3305 says there was only a 155mm howitzer on a towed carriage. All
the other 155mm tubes were guns, on a variety of towed and SP mounts. The
Long tom and the M1 8" Gun both sharing the same carriage (M2).
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