The 75 mm (3 inch) was a popular size of gun in US service. There were two lines, the first as a howitzer and second, the tank gun equipping American tanks in the Second World War. Loading a WW1 British 15 in (381 mm) howitzer 155 mm M198 Howitzer A howitzer or hauwitzer is a type of field artillery. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Howitzer

M1

Short barrel (16 calibres) pack howitzer gun.

• Rate of fire: 25 rounds per minute
• Muzzle velocity: 1,250 ft/sec,
• Range: 9,610 yards
• Shell: 6.3 kg

M2

M1 howitzer gun converted for use on the Howitzer Motor Carriage M8, a Stuart tank conversion. The Stuart was an American light tank of World War II named after the Civil War general Jeb Stuart. ...

M3

A new build howitzer gun as used on the HMC M8.

M8

A specially modified pack howitzer (carriage and gun) designed to be airportable, either parachuted in sections or as with British practice delivered to the battlefield by Horsa glider. It replaced the 3.75 inch homwitzer in British airborne use and was used at Arnhem. The Airspeed AS51 Horsa was a World War II troop-carrying glider built by the British company Airspeed Ltd and subcontractors. ... Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine and the capital of the Gelderland province. ...

Overall Length: 12 ft 0" Width: 3ft 11" Height: 2ft 10" Weight: 1339 lbs Elevation: -5º to +45º Maximum Range : 9,760 yards Rate of Fire : 3-6 rounds per minute

Tank gun

M2

A short gun used on pre-1941 tanks such as the Lee/Grant. It was replaced by the M3 /L40 The M3 Lee was an American tank used during World War II. The British modified version of this tank, with a larger cast turret to house the radio, was called the Grant. ...

Muzzle velocity 1860 ft/s

Shell weight 15 lbs

Armour penetration: up to 3 inches

M3 /L40

Longer version of the M2. Equipped American and a few British vehicles.

• US
  • M4 Sherman
  • late model M3 Grant's.
  • Churchill IV, as scavenged Sherman guns.

Shell weight 15 lbs

Muzzle velocity: ~2000 ft/s

Armour penetration ~3.5 inches (depending on AP shell)

General characteristics Length 5. ... The Churchill tank Infantry Tank IV Churchill. ...

M6

A light version, derived from an aircraft gun, able to be fitted to a smaller tank, in this case the M24 Chaffee The M24 Chaffee was an American light tank used during World War II and the Korean War. ...