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Name Calibre/
Length
Projectile Penetration (mm)
Type Name Weight
(kg)
Muzzle
Vel (m/s)
Angle
(deg)
Range (m)
  91    457   914  1,371 1,828
105–mm Howitzer
M2, M2A1 and M4 [1]
105mm/L25 HEAT HEAT M67
Shell
13.25 381 30° 102†
105–mm Howitzer M3 [2] 105mm/L19 HEAT HEAT M67
Shell
13.25 311 30° 102†

Copyright © 1999 David Michael Honner. Based on USA specifications unless otherwise noted.
†For the effective range of HEAT projectiles see the USA Weapons Data page.

Footnotes

1. 105–mm Howitzer M2, M2A1 and M4. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: British and American Artillery of World War Two and Hunnicutt, R. P.: Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank. [up]

2. 105–mm Howitzer M3. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: British and American Artillery of World War Two and Hunnicutt, R. P.: Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank. The 105–mm Howitzer M3 was a cut down version for carriage by air, and fired a lower propellant charge thus giving a lower muzzle velocity. [up]

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