Towed Artillery Napoleon brought about the value of a battlefield artillery piece and changed most of Europe thereafter.
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105mm Gun T8 The 105mm Gun T8 was a proposed battlefield towed-artillery system for the United States Army. Developed during World War 2 - the peak of towed artillery usage - the T8 was intended to provide years of service as a battlefiel...
15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 (15-cm sFH 18) The 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 (sFH 18) became the standard 149mm howitzer for German divisions through World War Two. The gun was originally developed to be horse-drawn (as all German artillery at the time was) but was la...
1933
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180mm Gun S-23 (180mm Nywka C-23) The S-23 was a heavy gun to be used in Europe if the Cold War got hot. It was available to Soviet allies and operations were trained by the members of the Soviet army. This massive weapon uses a 16 man crew and is towed by ...
1955
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Big Bertha Siege Gun The Big Bertha was a German initiative put into action before and during the First World War, where artillery started becoming more mobile than in previous wars. The name itself 'Big Bertha' is usually associated with many Wo...
1914
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D-20 (M1955) The M1955 was developed in the 1950’s to late to be deployed in the Great Patriotic War 1939-1945. However this howitzer has shown reliability and power in numerous wars deployed by scores of nations. The Soviet Union design...
1955
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D-30 Lyagushka (M1963) The D-30 122mm howitzer became the standard Soviet artillery battlefield system, replacing the aging M-30 (M1938) 122mm howitzer. The original system was serving in support of motorized rifle elements equipped with the BTR se...
1963
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Dutch Bronze 6-Pounder Field Gun Field guns were increasingly used throughout much of the modern world by the time of Napoleon. The Emperor made frequent use of batteries after realizing their effect on the battlefield. Beforehand, the field artillery system...
M1A1 Pack Howitzer The M1A1 Pack Howitzer was the standard howitzer for American forces in World War 2. The Pack design actually traced it's roots back to the howitzer development of World War One, standardized in the American Army post-war as ...
1927
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M3 Designed for air transport during WWII, the M3 105mm towed light howitzer was used by the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion. It was originally designed in 1941 and started production in 1943.
Barrel length measures in...
1943
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M-46 (M1954) The M-46 (formal designation of "130mm Towed Field Gun M1954) was a Soviet Cold War-era battlefield implementation designed to fulfill a variety of roles in support of infantry and armor actions. The system was first unveiled...
1954
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M777 The M777 is designated as an Ultra-lightweight Field Howitzer (UFH). The entire system weights less than 10,000lbs making the M777 the lightest gun of its kind. This kind of engineering has made the M777 extremely adaptable a...
2006
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MT-13 (M1943) The mortar as a weapon is one dating back to about the 12th Century or perhaps even earlier and most always credited to the Chinese. The design concept was simple in nature and based on the shape of the apothecary mortar - a ...
1943
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QF 25-pounder The British QF 25 pounder (or 25-pdr) was the gun of choice for various nations before, during and after World War Two. From training to combat, this weapon featured a high rate of fire and the ability to utilize various form...
1930
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Rock Island Arsenal M101 The first prototype was the M1 developed in 1920 by the Rock Island Arsenal. After long trials the M1 was replaced by the M2 in 1934 having been retooled to fire a shrapnel round. In 1940 the M2 was standardized as the M2A1. ...
1920
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Rock Island Arsenal M102 In 1955 the US Army issued a requirement for a new towed light howitzer to replace the M101 which was the same basic design developed in 1940 as the M2. The need was for a lighter model having a greater traverse capability. T...
1964
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Rock Island Arsenal M119 The 105mm M119 was originally designed, developed, and built by the Royal Ordnance Factories of Nottingham, England, as the L118/L119 British Light Gun. The United States Army saw the advantages of the British-designed gun ag...
1989
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Rock Island Arsenal M198 The medium size M198 replaced the well reguarded M114 that was developed in the 1930’s. A continuing need to upgrade howitzers that could send projectiles down range at increased distances and have excellent elevation for ov...
Type 59 (Field Gun) The Type 59 is a Chinese license-production copy of the successful Soviet M-46 (also known as the M1954 to the West). It is produced by NORINCO of China.
Design of the M-46 is typical of weapons in this class. Her long, sl...
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