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For sale: Extremely Rare Heavy Towed Howitzer 155mm (1944)

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The 155-mm Howitzer M1 was a short-barreled weapon using separate-loading ammunition. Over 4,000 of these guns were produced. It was first produced in 1942 as a medium artillery piece. It saw service with the US Army during World War II. The...read more

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 HQ Batallón) March 18, 2015

How MG Lucas Lost the Initiative at Anzio and the Allied Artillery Regained It by Captain Colin J. Williams

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According to FM 3-0, Operations, “initiative is setting or dictating the terms of action throughout the battle.”1 Historically, units that lose the initiative rarely are able to recover and reassert themselves in combat against the enemy. 

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The Organizational History of U.S. Army Field Artillery in World War II by Janice E. McKenney

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Developments during the interwar years had resulted in significant advances in field artillery weapons, communications, fire direction echniques, mobility, and organization. These advances complemented the reorganization of the large unwieldy square division of World War I into smaller harder-...read more

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American artillery in Tunisia, 1943

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The Tunisia Campaign (Battle of Tunisia), November 17, 1942 – May 13, 1943:

  1. A tank-artillery team stands on alert. This kind of unit -- a 105mm. howitzer mounted on a half-track -- has proved a 'winning combination,' according to Army experts, in ground warfare in Tunisia.
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