152MM Field Howitzer - NCNG Training Center - Fort Fisher, NC
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152MM Field Howitzer captured in campaigns in Iraq by coalition forces and dislayed at NCNG Training Center and Armed Forces Recreation Area. This piece is located outside the museum facility at the instillation.
Waymark Code: WMA13J
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2010
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"Developed by the Soviet Union after World War II this howitzer uses the same carriage as the 122mm D-74 Field Gun. It has superseded the M1943 152mm Howitzer.
The weapon features rapid, 360 degree traverse by means of a firing jack that folds up beneath the barrel. The split box section trails each have a caster wheel which folds on top of the trail when in transit. The shield has an irregularly shaped top commonly found in Soviet designs. The weapon has semi-automatic vertical sliding wedge type breech lock and fires case type, variable-charge, separate loading ammunition. In addition to high explosive and armor piercing high explosive rounds, it also fires a chemical round.
This weapon system has seen service with at least eight Soviet block countries and this example became a war trophy of the 6/27th Field Artillery Regiment.
Caliber: 152mm; 6 inch
Weight: 5,650kg; 12,430lbs
Shell weight: 48kg; 106lbs
Range: 18,00m; 19.800yds
Elevation: -89mils to 1,116mils; -5 degrees to 63 degrees
Traverse: 1,066mils; 60 degrees
Detachment: 8
Rate of Fire: 4 rounds per minute"
Cited from WM3JQZ
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