RE: Member Photos
September 9, 2023 at 8:26 pm
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2023 at 8:27 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(September 9, 2023 at 7:48 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(September 9, 2023 at 7:07 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's a 203mm field-piece, I believe. 14" doesn't have the same profile.
I think in USN calibers.
It's an 8" Army piece. Not the same as the 8"/55 on the Baltimores, but rather the Army's M115 8" howitzer. 8" = 203mm.
Funny fact. When I drove up to sign my son out for liberty, at one point on the road there was a yellow-diamond sign. Rather than "deer-crossing" with a picture of a deer, it read "howitzer crossing" with a picture of cannons:
Not my shot, picture from online. But I think it's the same spot.