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    The 5-inch gun M1897 (127 mm) and its variant the M1900 were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1920...
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    The 3.2-inch gun M1897 (81 mm), with its predecessors the M1885 and M1890, was the U.S. Army's first steel, rifled, breech loading field gun. It was the...
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  • 1880s-1890s 5-inch gun M1897 and M1900 - US Army coast artillery weapons 1900-1920 5"/25 caliber US anti-aircraft gun 5"/40 caliber gun - USN gun 5"/50 caliber...
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  • M1897 can refer to: Canon de 75 modèle 1897, a field gun (also 75 mm gun M1897 in US service) 5-inch gun M1897, a US coast artillery gun 6-inch gun M1897...
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  • Thumbnail for Canon de 75 modèle 1897
    designation of the basic weapon was 75 mm Gun M1897. There were 480 American 75 mm field gun batteries (over 1,900 guns) on the battlefields of France in November...
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    The 3-inch gun M5 was an anti-tank gun developed in the United States during World War II. The gun combined a 3-inch (76.2 mm) barrel of the anti-aircraft...
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  • lot of strength to the frame of the gun and it allowed the use of a 2+3⁄4 inch shell without the danger of the gun constantly jamming. The action could...
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    alongside the M1897 production started development of what was termed an "accelerated-fire gun", and Captain Charles B. Wheeler designed a 3-inch gun which allowed...
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    their carriage from the similar "balanced pillar" carriage of the 5-inch gun M1897, built by other manufacturers. Unlike the disappearing carriages of...
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    the balanced pillar for the 5-inch gun M1897 and the Driggs-Seabury masking parapet for the manufacturer's 3-inch gun M1898. However, these could only...
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    machine guns and the single-barrel Maxim guns. By the end of the 19th century, many new designs such as the M1895 Colt–Browning and Hotchkiss M1897 were...
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  • Field guns are one of two primary types of field artillery. Guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel, allowing for...
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    well as a field piece. It originated as the 3-inch gun M1913, which was soon modified to the 3-inch gun M1916, which was later altered to the subject...
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    as coast defence in World War II 6-inch gun M1897 – contemporary US Army coast defence weapon, used as a field gun in World War I 7 tons, 10 cwt, 2 qtrs...
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  • 3-inch gun M1903 5-inch gun M1897 6-inch gun M1897 8-inch M1888 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun 10-inch gun M1895 12-inch coast defense mortar 12-inch gun M1895...
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    and used the same range of 75x350R ammunition as the 75 mm field gun M1897. After the gun, which featured a 31-caliber barrel and a sliding block breech...
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    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...
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    replace similar guns there. Battery Stuart's 5-inch guns were mounted on field carriages and sent to France. However, a history of the 5-inch regiment in...
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    (Converted). The guns performed well in their new configuration and this experiment eventually led to the adoption of the 3.2-inch gun M1897. In 1903, more...
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    M1895, M1900 (254 mm) 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) 6-inch gun M1897, M1900, M1903 (152 mm) 5-inch gun M1897, M1900 (127 mm) 3-inch gun M1898, M1902, M1903 (76 mm)...
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  • gun  Japan World War II 120 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun  Japan World War II 120 Type 41 12 cm naval gun  Japan World War II 127 5-inch gun M1897  United...
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  • Machine gun Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 Naval artillery BL 6-inch gun Mk V (Coast defence gun) Edged...
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    new program of construction added huge 16-inch gun batteries, as well as rapid-firing 6-inch and 90 mm guns (for use against motor torpedo boats) to many...
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    Springfield. The cartridge was also used in the M1893, M1895, M1897, and M1900 Gatling guns. Though the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps had adopted limited numbers...
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    directions, but could only depress −6.5°. Firing the M61 armor piercing round, the gun could penetrate up to 3 inches (76 mm) of armor at 1,000 yards (910 m)...
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    quarters and additional storehouses. The three 6-inch guns of Battery Pope and the two 5-inch guns of Battery Field were earmarked for potential use...
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  • Pistol vz. 22 Pistole vz. 24 Browning Auto-5 (Limited) Ithaca 37 Stevens M520-30 Stevens M620 Winchester M1897 Winchester M1912 Remington Model 10 Remington...
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    An anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position. The...
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  • 75 mm gun M1897 (World War I) 3-inch M1917 gun (World War I, interbellum, World War II) 3-inch M1918 gun (World War I, interbellum) 3-inch M3 gun (interbellum...
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    save weight and to accommodate a larger gun. The earliest expedient design was mounting a 75 mm M1897 field gun in a limited-traverse mount on an M3 half-track...
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