6-inch howitzer M1908

The 6 inch Howitzer, Model of 1908 was the standard American heavy howitzer before World War I. Forty-two of these weapons had been produced before 1917 and all were employed for training stateside in that war. For combat use in France the Canon de 155 C mle 1917 Schneider was purchased. All surviving weapons were retired during the 1920s.^[1]

It is unusual among American-designed field artillery weapons in that it has the recoil cylinder situated above the barrel. The 4.7-inch howitzer M1908/M1912 shared this feature.^[2][3] The 75 mm Gun M1917 also had this, but is based on the British Ordnance QF 18-pounder.

Ammunition was either common steel shell with a base fuze or shrapnel with a combination time/percussion fuze.^[4][1]

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

• 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 94 : approximate Austro-Hungarian equivalent
• BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer : approximate British equivalent
• Rimailho Model 1904TR : approximate French equivalent
• 152 mm howitzer M1910 : approximate French/Russian equivalent
• 15 cm sFH 02 : approximate German equivalent

Gallery

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  In Ft. Bliss, TX in 1910s
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  In travelling position

References

• Ordnance Corps, United States Army (1917). Handbook of the 6-inch Howitzer Materiel, Model of 1908 and 1908MI. Washington: Government Printing Office. 
• 108th Field Artillery (1918). Field Artilleryman's Guide, 3 inch Gun, 4.7 and 6 inch Howitzer, Second Edition. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 
• Williford, Glen M. (2016). American Breechloading Mobile Artillery, 1875-1953. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-5049-8. 

External links

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