from 3-inch (76 mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field guns. The US decided early in World War I to switch from 3-inch (76 mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field...
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primary heavy gun as the 155 mm Gun M1917 (French-made) or M1918 (US-made) until 1942, when it was gradually replaced by the 155 mm M1A1 Long Tom. US Army forces...
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List of artillery by name 75 mm gun M1917 (weapon of similar role and era) United States home front during World War I "75–77 mm Calibre Cartridges". www...
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The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam...
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The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of...
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American bolt-action rifle M1917 light tank, a light tank in US Army service, a near copy of the Renault FT 75 mm gun M1917, a US-manufactured variant...
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to the intended article. 75 mm field gun can refer to: French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 British 75_mm_Gun_M1917 Polish 75 mm armata wz. 1902/26pl [pl]...
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Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider (redirect from 155 mm howitzer M1917)
standardized in 1936. 599 of 2,971 M1917 and M1918 howitzers in the U.S. inventory had been converted by 1940. The M1917 and M1918 howitzers remained the...
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The M1917 Revolvers were six-shot, .45 ACP, large frame double action revolvers adopted by the United States Military in 1917, to supplement the standard...
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.50 BMG (redirect from 12.7 x 99 mm NATO)
scaled-up version of the M1917 Browning. The development of the .50 BMG round is sometimes confused with the German 13.2 mm TuF, which was developed by...
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The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank, entering production shortly before the end of World War I. It was a license-built near-copy...
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Whizbang Howitzer motor carriage M8 M40 gun motor carriage M7 Priest 75 mm gun M1917 – copy of British gun re-chambered for French cartridge, produced for...
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M1917 for 75 mm (British) (wooden wheel)(75 mm gun M1917) C10 Cart, battery, reel, M1917A2 C11 Cart, artillery, reel, M1909M1, M1918 C12 Gun 75 mm, M1897A2...
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needed] High Standard HDM[citation needed] Colt New Service[citation needed] M1917 revolver[citation needed] Smith & Wesson Model 10[citation needed] Colt...
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models in France. These were augmented with several hundred additional 75-mm M1917 guns and their ammunition from the US. Some sources also state the British...
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equipped with the 2.95-inch Mountain Gun, it converted to the truck-drawn 75 mm M1917 guns on 2 September 1931. During 1924 and 1925 it helped build a bridge...
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List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog designation (section Class R2ZE (Ammunition for 155 mm Howitzer; models M1917, M1917A1 & M1918))
method (Cartons, Bandoleers, or Belts / Links) and container type used (M1917 Rifle Ammunition Packing Box, M23 Ammo Crate, etc.) and was designated by...
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included a reinforced frame and a 75 mm (3.0 in) recoilless rifle mounted to the scooter. The 150 TAPs mounted a M20 75 mm recoilless rifle, a U.S.-made light...
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Fusil Automatique Modele 1917 Fusil MAS-36 Lebel M1886/93, M27, and R35 M1917 Enfield (supplied by the US through Lend-lease to Free French forces) M1...
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Renault FT (redirect from 6-Ton Tanks M1917)
Copies and derivative designs were manufactured in the United States (M1917 light tank), in Italy (Fiat 3000), and in the Soviet Union (T-18 tank)....
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(M1903/M1 Garand) M1909 Bolo Knife M1917 Bayonet (M1917 Rifle, M1897, M12 and M1200 Shotguns) M1917 Bolo Knife M1917/M1918/Mark I Trench Knife M1939 Machete...
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Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP (redirect from 37 mm M1916)
done by mortars. As well as infantry use, the guns were also fitted to the M1917 light tank, the first mass-produced U.S. tank. These tanks entered service...
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the day's meals, known as KP duty. He noticed that one of his unit's 75 mm M1917 field gun had been silenced, and its crew killed. Without orders, he...
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machine gun of World War I, the John M. Browning-designed water-cooled M1917. The emergence of general-purpose machine guns in the 1950s pushed the M1919...
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produced with barrel lengths of 30 inches (760 mm) or 28 inches (710 mm) chambered for 2.75-inch (70 mm) cartridges in either 12, 16, or 20-gauge. The...
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3-inch gun M1918 (category 76 mm artillery)
the M1917 started in 1915, and as the name implies, took two years to enter service. The gun was essentially an unmodified 3-inch M1903 (76.2 mm L/55)...
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smoothbore weapon for Home Guard use only BL 9.2-inch howitzer – WWI era 75 mm gun M1917 – US supplied, training and home defence after fall of France QF 18-pounder...
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United States. Approximately 75% of the American Expeditionary Forces carried M1917 rifles into combat. Nearly half of these M1917 rifles were sent to the...
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Mark 16 and 17 gun (Cold War, Korean War) 75 mm Gun M1916 (World War I) 75 mm gun M1897 (World War I) 3-inch M1917 gun (World War I, interbellum, World War...
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mm cannon. A 75 mm gun was experimentally fitted to a howitzer motor carriage M8 – an M3 tank with a larger turret – and trials indicated that a 75 mm...
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