Artillery ID help

vagabond · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:30 am Post subject: Artillery ID help

Hi All,

Had a chance to go AFV hunting this past week and found this German? artillery piece on Camp Butner Training Center in NC. I couldn't get near it to read the plaque or get closer photos. Kinda resembles a German 150mm?

What is it?

Thanks!

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vagabond · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery ID help

M1918 155mm GPF?

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

It is an M1918.

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery ID help

155mm GPF

vagabond · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery ID help

Thank you gentlemen!

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Hello Folks, this is somewhat useless knowledge but one way to tell the difference between the M1917 and the M1918 is the M1917 French piece has the serial number on the breech and the M1918 US made pieces have the number on the muzzle of the piece. I have this listed as a M1917A1 but I don't know that for a fact. About 40 around the US, these high speed conversions are pretty rare.

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

I'd guess it'd be getting obsolete, come the time when faster towing vehicles were getting common, with the M1 "Long Tom" coming into production.