Howitzers by goodoleboy

Photography • Military • posted on Dec 13, 2009

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Captured 10/25/09, at the 8th Annual Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo, held at the beautiful Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in beautiful Los Alamitos, California. Better viewed full size. So, you ask, how iz it you were able to find & snap howitzers at an aircraft and automobile show? These field pieces were situated inside the training base but outside the gates of the airfield and show itself. They are probably permanent fixtures on the base. And, this was something too good to pass up. Although I'm no field artillery expert, I was able to identify the top howitzer with no problem, but after moderate research I couldn't ID the bottom one depicted in fotos #2 and #3. It could be a variation of the 105mm M119A1/A2. Perhaps someone in the viewing audience familiar with this genre could offer some help. Anyway, here's some info on the one in foto #1: The 105mm Howitzer M2A1(M101) was the standard light field howitzer for the United States in World War II, seeing action in both European and Pacific theatres. Entering production in 1941, it quickly entered the war against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific, where it gained a reputation for its accuracy and powerful punch. The M101 fired 105mm high explosive (HE) semi-fixed ammunition and had a range of 11,200 meters (12,200 yd), making it suitable for supporting infantry. Source: Wikipedia encylopedia. Tons of stuff about howitzers on Google. Tally-ho, and you know the rest.

Comments (13)

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mbz2662

4:17PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Those are Big Guns. Nice collage :)

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tennesseecowgirl

4:17PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

howzzz cool is that.. :) Nice work my friend.

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Rainastorm

4:25PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Interesting piece here. Humm. lol I know nothing about these, or military machines for that matter. But it is cool you shared it with us. Thanks:-) Also, to answer your question on my previous upload, V4 is hlding a present, just a real small one. :-)

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NefariousDrO

5:58PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Nice shots, those look like they also have the advantage of being pretty mobile, which would have been a big advantage in the island-hopping campaigns of the pacific. Cool stuff!

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jocko500

6:19PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

real good shots

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bmac62

12:17AM | Mon, 14 December 2009

Here you are sir: M114 155mm Howitzer...had 'em in Korea and Vietnam (maybe WWII). I lived directly across the street from two of them in 1965 in Cang Long District, Vinh Binh Province of the Republic of South Vietnam. Here's a quicky link for you to check them out: 155mm Howitzer Good collage Harry. Glad you stopped to capture these fine old pieces.

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myrrhluz

2:37AM | Mon, 14 December 2009

I'll be honest Harry, this is not my favorite subject matter in the world, but they are very nicely captured. :-) The rivets are interesting. In the back of the second picture there is a huge T shaped pipe that I am curious about. And I spy a fire hydrant. I now know that most of the fire hydrants in my neighborhood are silver. I never noticed that until recently. Always fun and worthwhile to check out your gallery!

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babuci

2:53AM | Mon, 14 December 2009

Woo hoo, look at those rivets...and the almost brand new tyre? Nice to see they looking after these weapons and glad you did not just walked pass without taking a photos of them.

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Biffowitz

6:39AM | Mon, 14 December 2009

Great shots Harry, I like how the lighting brings out the textures!

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rdboles

7:59AM | Mon, 14 December 2009

Actually I think the bottom gun is a QF 25 pounder fitted with a muzzle brake. Scroll down and see the entry for the Mark II with pic, very much like the above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25_pounder

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goodoleboy

2:10PM | Mon, 14 December 2009

I checked out the suggestions above about the piece in fotos 2 and 3, and a QF 25 pounder it is! Thankx loadz for the info and research, guys!

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MrsRatbag

8:51AM | Tue, 15 December 2009

Nice shots of these deceptively innocent-looking beasts; I'm sure there's a great reason they're painted that blah color, but maybe they should paint them in bright attractive patterns to let everyone know they're there!

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