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The M1908 6-inch howitzer, officially the 6-inch Howitzer, Model of 1908, was the principal heavy howitzer piece of the U.S. Army prior to World War I.
History
Forty of these weapons had been produced before 1917, and all were employed within the United States for training purposes during the war. Although this weapon appears in World War I-era tables of organization and equipment, for combat use in France the Canon de 155 C mle 1917 Schneider was purchased, and variants of this remained the standard weapon of this class until early World War II. All surviving weapons were retired during the 1920s.
It is unusual among American-designed field artillery weapons in that it has the recoil cylinder situated above the barrel. The 4.7-inch howitzer M1908/M1912 shared this feature. The 75 mm gun M1917 also had this, but was based on the British QF 18-pounder gun.
Ammunition was either common steel shell with a base fuze, or shrapnel with a combination time/percussion fuze.
See also
15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 94 : approximate Austro-Hungarian equivalent
BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer : approximate British equivalent
Rimailho Model 1904TR : approximate French equivalent
152 mm howitzer M1910 : approximate French/Russian equivalent
15 cm sFH 02 : approximate German equivalent
References
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Further reading
108th Field Artillery (1918). Field Artilleryman's Guide, 3 inch Gun, 4.7 and 6 inch Howitzer, Second Edition. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. LCCN 18009684. OL 25461111M – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
External links
Media related to M1908 6-inch howitzer at Wikimedia Commons
6-inch Howitzer M1908 at Landships II
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