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...155s. A new U.S. 155-mm. howitzer lobs a 95-lb. shell some 9.3 miles. But the best known of the U.S. 155s is the "Long Tom," a gun* which fires a 95-lb. projectile 14.2 miles...
There is another 155-mm. which U.S. artillerymen set much store by: a World War I gun mounted on a medium tank chassis (the M-12), making a highly mobile weapon which is used either in normal artillery fire (e.g., at unseen targets) or in direct fire, as on tanks...
...Heavies. Mightiest of the mobile weapons are the 8-in. and 240-mm., which have to be transported in two parts (barrel and carriage). U.S. artillerymen consider their most accurate weapon the 8-in. howitzer, which fires a 200-lb. shell 10.5 miles...
Even mightier than the 8-in. gun, though with a shorter reach (14.3 miles), is the 240-mm. howitzer. These behemoths are used in groups for long-range destruction. They are also used to back up the lighter fire power of infantry division artillery. Their backing is a wallop. The 240-mm. howitzer lobs a projectile weighing...
...pack howitzer is the principal 75-mm. weapon. *Broken down, it is moved on the backs of mules. It is also the organic weapon for paratroop field artillery units. Dropped in seven loads, the 75-mm. can reach action seven minutes after crew and parts leave the plane...