Help to Id. US artillery

[ROLAND1369]

I have been to all three. went there in 1970 when stationed at Ft Lewis. Was puzzled about the shrapnel scars on the 10 in dcs at Ft Casey till I got their story.

[ROLAND1369]

Here is a pic from approximately the same angle taken in Oct 2000.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Any idea about my image posted on 14 march 2020 (Post 870) ?
127mm 5in Mk.12 ?

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

Re: 14 march 2020 Post . If your question is the gun nomenclature it is definitely a Mark 12 or 12 mod 1 as these were the models used. It is on a mount that is probably a single shielded or single turret mount. I base this on the small curved shield visible above the gun barrel. The shield or gun house are yet to be attached. I have no idea on the mark number of the mount as there are about 15 possibility. As always with gun mounts there is a Mark Number for the gun and a separate Mark number for the mount. Truth be known there is a mark number for all sub components such as power operation, recoil system, fuze setter, sights, etc.

[ROLAND1369]

Re the Armament of Battery Church I was mistaken. The gun per the RCW were 10 inch M1895 guns.

[Sturm78]

ROLAND1369 wrote
If your question is the gun nomenclature it is definitely a Mark 12 or 12 mod 1 as these were the models used. It is on a mount that is probably a single shielded or single turret mount. I base this on the small curved shield visible above the gun barrel. The shield or gun house are yet to be attached. I have no idea on the mark number of the mount as there are about 15 possibility. As always with gun mounts there is a Mark Number for the gun and a separate Mark number for the mount. Truth be known there is a mark number for all sub components such as power operation, recoil system, fuze setter, sights, etc.

Thanks, ROLAND1369. I only meant the gun itself, not the mount...

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

are these 81mm mortar shells, ww2-era ammunition ?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[LineDoggie]

WW2
right to left
M56 Heavy HE
M45 Light HE
M57 Smoke, either WP or FS

the German Walther P.38 also dates the image

[Sturm78]

Thank you LineDoggie

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Does somebody have any information about this vehicle ?
The gun seems a 75mm M1 Pack howitzer...

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Carl Schwamberger]

Might find a lead here: http://www.landships.info/landships/tan ... _SPGs.html

[Richard Anderson]

Hi all,

Does somebody have any information about this vehicle ?
The gun seems a 75mm M1 Pack howitzer...

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

It was an experimental SP built at Rock Island Arsenal with the 75mm Howitzer M1A1 on the chassis of the Cunningham-built Light Tank - T1E6 IIRC.

[Sturm78]

Richard Anderson wrote
It was an experimental SP built at Rock Island Arsenal with the 75mm Howitzer M1A1 on the chassis of the Cunningham-built Light Tank - T1E6 IIRC.

Thank you very much for you answer, Richard.
I have search for information about the Cunningham Light Tank T1 and I don´t think it is the T1E6 version but a earlier version...
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T1_Light_Tank

Regards
Sturm78

[Richard Anderson]

Richard Anderson wrote
It was an experimental SP built at Rock Island Arsenal with the 75mm Howitzer M1A1 on the chassis of the Cunningham-built Light Tank - T1E6 IIRC.

Thank you very much for you answer, Richard.
I have search for information about the Cunningham Light Tank T1 and I don´t think it is the T1E6 version but a earlier version...
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T1_Light_Tank

Regards
Sturm78

Yes, you're right, I should have looked. I believe it was built on one of the two T1E1 completed as cargo carriers.

[EPOCH3]

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