Help to Id. US artillery

[ROLAND1369]

Pic no 2 and 3 10 inch M1888MII on Carriage LF M1896 emplacement Bty Sullivan Emplacement 3. Pic no 1 and 4 10 inch M 1888 MII, Carriage LF M1894 MI. Pic No 4 Bty Sullivan Emplacement No 1.

[ROLAND1369]

Sorry, I got my numbers confused the 1896 carriage are pics one and 2 and the 1894 carriage are pics 3 and 4.

[Sturm78]

Thanks, ROLAND1369

Regards Sturm78

[Martti]

What is this 3-inch anti-aircraft gun preserved on the Eastern Island of Midway atoll? 3-inch M3?




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(This is from Wikimedia Commons Category:Unidentified artillery.)

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can anyone identify this 6in US coastal gun?
M1903 or M1905 ??

Image from Ebay
Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Neither. It is a 6 inch gun M1897 on carriage Dissappearing M1898,

[Sturm78]

OK, thank you, ROLAND1369.

Regards Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Re the pictures submitted by Martti on 07 Mar 2013, 19:28. The gun is a former shipboard 3 inch mark 11 aa gun. They were designed in WW I and were the first purpose built shipboard AA guns of the US Navy. Although used throughout WWII they were being replaced on us capital ships by the 5 inch 25 caliber and 1.1 inch AA guns. This is a survivor of 4 which along with 3-7 inch low angle guns removed from pre WWI built predreadnaughts was sent to midway by the navy to reinfore the armament of the Marine Defense Battalion stationed there.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found on the net this nice image; I am not sure: 152mm 6in Mk 6-8 gun ??

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Nobody for my last image??

Well, here another image: US gun?

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Re Sturm78 pics. Pic no 1 is a naval 7 inch Mark II on a Mark II carriage mounted from 1937 to 1943 in a two gun battery Zeilin at Fort Rosecrans, Harbor Defenses of San Diego. This battery along with a simular one of 3-5 inch 51 cal naval pedistial mounts was put in place prior to the war to train the Marine Artillery Gunners for the Marine defense Battalions as they were to employ the same type weapons. They were taken over by the Army Coast artillery at the start of the war and used for the same purpose as well as providing local defense. They were disarmed in 1943 upon completion of the standard 6 inch Army weapons. The second pic shows a Japanese 120 MM type 3 which was captured and used against its former owners by Us troops.

[Carl Schwamberger]

.... The second pic shows a Japanese 120 MM type 3 which was captured and used against its former owners by Us troops.

Any information on where, when, what US unit, or source?

Thanks

[Manuferey]

.... The second pic shows a Japanese 120 MM type 3 which was captured and used against its former owners by Us troops.

Any information on where, when, what US unit, or source?

Thanks

Where: Los Negros island in the Admiralties.
When: March-April 1944
Source: "Photo Interpreter's Guide to Japanese Military Installations Part III".

A couple of other US pictures of this gun exist.

Emmanuel

[Carl Schwamberger]

In Europe there were artillery units set up specificaly for firing and evaluating German cannon. Perhaps this use of the Japanese cannon reflects the presence of such a unit?

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369 and Emmanuel.

Regards Sturm78