Help to Id. US artillery

[ChristopherPerrien]

The Ray-Ban Wayfarers(standard issue for all cool US troops in Europe for many years )
in the last picture put it at least in late 1950's. I cannot recognize the range. A comment on the uniforms of the officers in the last picture might be of help to. I am thinking somewhere in NATO.

[Sturm78]

Thanks, Christopher

Here another two images of the same photoserie. so I think also postwar photos, is it not ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

WW2-era image or postwar photo ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

From the shape of the gas mask carrier and more specifically the canvas leggings this should be WW II. All of the pictures I have seen post war have ankle boots, buckle or jump type.

[Sturm78]

ROLAND1369 wrote
From the shape of the gas mask carrier and more specifically the canvas leggings this should be WW II. All of the pictures I have seen post war have ankle boots, buckle or jump type.

Thanks, ROLAND1369. I have no idea about uniforms.... :roll:
Any idea about my previous images posted on 28 Jul 2016 ??

Regards Sturm78

[LineDoggie]

Hi all,

WW2-era image or postwar photo ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

WW2

the M1A2 Gasmasks were obsoleted in 1944.

M1938 Dismounted Leggings were obsoleted in 1944 for the Combat Boot reverse upper.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

WW2-era or postwar images ??

Images from Ebay
Sturm78

[Battery 519 IDA]

I am afraid that I have little info on the 105 MM m3 but will research it. However, as promised, here is the tabulated data on the 90 MM M2 aa gun. Source is "TM 9-372 90 MM Gun and Antiaircraft mount M 2, 15 Nov 1944".

RE post: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 5#p1870178

Would anyone have any data related to transporting the 90-MM M2? (how it was folded and jacked)

I am a volunteer with the restoration of Battery 519, Fort Miles, Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes DE. We are in the process of moving the 90-MM M2 from the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum, MD to the artillery park at Fort Miles.

I can not find the M2 manual to see how they installed the wheels (bogies), your tabulated data sheet help us answer many questions but we are trying to see how they folded the M2 gun for transport.

From your prior post this should be what I am looking for: TM 9-372 90 MM Gun and Antiaircraft mount M 2, 15 Nov 1944

Thanks for any help,

Dan
Battery 519 restoration volunteer

[Richard Anderson]

From your prior post this should be what I am looking for: TM 9-372 90 MM Gun and Antiaircraft mount M 2, 15 Nov 1944

Thanks for any help,

Dan
Battery 519 restoration volunteer

Dan,

The Library of Congress holds the original August 1943 version for the T2E1 Mount and the June 1943 and November 1944 editions for the standardized M2 Mount. They can provide a copy for you, but copies can be expensive so try an inter-library loan. https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGu ... uals2.html

[LineDoggie]

Hi all,

WW2-era or postwar images ??

Images from Ebay
Sturm78

Post war

the Chevrons on the NCO at far right are the 1948 small size


http://emersoninsignia.net/files/Download/9TwoInch.pdf

[Sturm78]

Thank you, LineDoggie

Regards Sturm78

[Battery 519 IDA]

The Library of Congress holds the original August 1943 version for the T2E1 Mount and the June 1943 and November 1944 editions for the standardized M2 Mount.

Thanks Richard

[ROLAND1369]

Sent you a private message reference the manuals.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An 406mm 16in US coastal gun from San Francisco harbour defences....I am not sure if WW2-era or postwar image ....

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Re: message Sturm78 » 04 Jan 2017, 22:00 Sturm78. I would give you a 90 % that this is battery Townsley, Fort Cronkhite, Harbor defenses of San Francisco. From the total lack of camouflage it is post ar prior to 1950. The only other 16 inch battery was Battery Davis and it still retained a distinctive pattern of camouflage paint up to its scrapping. This battery was used by the Coast Artillery School as an instructional/trials battery as late as 1948 and fired the last full caliber 16 inch shots of the US Coast Artillery. Given that the barrel is traversed to the extreme left and the muzzle is uncovered this is probably just prior to its scrapping or prior to maintenance.