Our neighbors of the STAT (Services Techniques de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e de Terre) helped us by supplying \u00a0all the wood pieces for the Dodge T110 stake and plateform, and we help them with the restoration of their preserved artillery piece.\u00a0 Goodwill to serve the preservation of heritage, what else ?<\/p>\n
December 2016: following a lot of preparations, the atillery piece is sand blasted and painted.<\/p>\n
The 105mm \u00ab\u00a0105HM2\u00a0\u00bb howitzer was manufactured in the U.S. during WWII.\u00a0 It is well adapted to support infantry as well as to destroy light field constructions.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the war, the 1924 model of the 105mm howitzer rapidly showed its limits.\u00a0 It led the U.S. General Staff to seek its replacement by a more mobile towed howitzer, rustic and easy to service, with wider horizontal and vertical fields of fire. \u00a0These characteristics are those of the 105 HM2 A1.\u00a0 It is usually towed by a 6\u00d76 GMC CCKW 352.\u00a0 Beyond its caliber it compares, as far as its qualities are concerned, to the French 75 gun, model 1897.<\/p>\n
It was found on different vehicles, especially on the Sherman tank M3 where it became the 105 HM7 Priest.\u00a0 It also equipped the French infantry artillery divisions in 1943.<\/p>\n
Capacit\u00e9s:<\/p>\n
\u2013 weight of the shell : about 33 lb \/ 15 kg<\/p>\n
\u2013 initial speed : from 640 ft\/s to 1,550 ft\/s \/ 195 m\/s to 473 m\/s<\/p>\n
\u2013 caliber : 105 mm<\/p>\n
\u2013 range : 36,000 ft \/ 11,000 m<\/p>\n
\u2013 firing rate : 18 to 20 shells in 3 mn, 120 shells in one hour<\/p>\n
\u2013 vertical fire range : -10\u00b0 \u00e0 +65\u00b0<\/p>\n
\u2013 horizontal fire range : 45\u00b0 (800 mil)<\/p>\n
\u2013 total weight : 4230 lb \/ 1920 kg<\/p>\n
\u2013 rifling<\/p>\n
\u2013 panoramic aiming device on articulated support to compensate for any slope of the terrain<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t