The M101A1 fires 105 mm high explosive (HE) semi-fixed ammunition and has a range of 12,330 yards (11,270 m), making it suitable for supporting infantry. After World War I, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department studied various captured German 105 mm-caliber howitzers and developed the 105 mm Howitzer M1920 by using the Carriage M1920.

The M2A1 105mm Howitzer (re-designated M101A1 in 1962) was the standard light field howitzer in the US Army in World War II. Developed based on German World War I 105mm howitzers, it filled the need for a motor-drawn artillery to replace outdated guns and tactics.

The 105 mm Howitzer M3 was a U.S. light howitzer designed for use by airborne troops. The gun utilized the barrel of the 105 mm Howitzer M2, shortened and fitted to a slightly modified split trail carriage of the 75 mm pack howitzer. The howitzer was used by …

The T19 howitzer motor carriage (HMC) was a 105 mm (4.1 in) howitzer mounted on a M3 Half-track chassis. It saw service during World War II with the U.S. Army. Its secondary armament consisted of an air-cooled .50 in (13 mm) M2 machine gun for local defense. It was produced by Diamond T between January 1942 and April 1942.

2025年2月1日 · The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (M7 HMC), sometimes known as the Priest, was the most used US tracked SPG during World War Two.

The 105 mm M101A1 howitzer (previously designated M2A1) 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 Korean War.

The 105 mm Howitzer, specifically the M2A1 (later renamed M101), was developed by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department and entered service in 1941. Designed for mobility, reliability, and …

The 105 mm Howitzer M3 light howitzers were designed specifically for airborne operations in mind. The design merged a shortened barrel of a 105 mm Howitzer M2 and the recoil system and carriage of the 75 mm field pack howitzer. The first prototype was fired at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States in Mar 1942.

German light field howitzer 105 mm leFH 18. History, development, service, specifications, statistics and pictures of the ‘Leichte Feldhaubitze 18’. Field gun of Rommel’s Army Group Africa in action as the Germans and Italians make their final …

2024年7月27日 · The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M37 (HMC) represented a step forward in artillery technology, envisioned as the successor to the widely utilized M7 Priest sporting a similar 105 mm howitzer gun, but on the more modern M24 Chaffee chassis.