Now this is a 'Gun' -- 220mm M1 Cannon!

[Tesoro]

I stopped by the Yuma testing ground visitor center yesterday to check out the tanks and artillery on display. Ballistics are impressive is an understatement, as is the steel on a vietnam era tank!

 

[jelenko]

That's a 1,428,000 gr bullet going 2850 fps!

 

[Fuj]

Father trained on the 240 Black Dragon, then shipped to England before
going into Normandy with the 190th FA Battalion, WW2 He stayed on with
the 190th FA who used the 155 long Toms. Not enough 240's to go around
and they needed more trained Cannoneers for the more mobile Long Toms.
Some of the last of the Black Dragons were given to Taiwan, and were set
up to defend against China. They still train on them there.

Eight inch Howitzer on the same chassis as the 155 Long Tom......This one is
at the Veterans park in Dubois Pa.

 

[GotRDid]

 

[Gun Smith]

Thanks for sharing the great photo's gentlemen!
Used to be a great display of Artillery at the Rock Island Arsenal / John Browning Museum in Illinois.
Not sure if it is still open, with all the crazy new laws nowadays. If it is, it is worth going to see.
Happy New Year! Joe

 

[rabradshaw]

I was a Gunner and Tank Commander on the M1A1 Abrams. 120mm depleted uranium sabot traveling at 5,700 to 5,900 FPS and it was deadly to other tanks out to 8,200 feet (1.5 miles)

 

[jpx2rk]

20+ mile range ain't anything to sneeze at either.

 

[Blackthorn]

I was on a trip in St Pete and went out to DesSoto State Park. There were a pair of these spring mounted mortars.

 

[hoz53]

That's a 1,428,000 gr bullet going 2850 fps!

i calculated that out to and then saw your post. thats impressive

 

[hoz53]

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that is cool tesoro- id like to visit that place

 

[Rocketvapor]

Fort Pickens, Fla.

 

[Fuj]

I like that Coastal mortar. My crew would have been pissed hauling
that around........LOL......I was a 11C10 Indirect fire, 81 mortar crewman.

i think the US Army's field artillery museum is still at Fort Lawton Oklahoma.
The Artillery schools are at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Going to head out west this
coming year to visit my sister. Fort Lawton would be a good side trip.

 

[Knotwild]

I was a Gunner and Tank Commander on the M1A1 Abrams. 120mm depleted uranium sabot traveling at 5,700 to 5,900 FPS and it was deadly to other tanks out to 8,200 meters (1.5 miles)

Does that shoot pretty flat?

 

[TIMO]

I like that Coastal mortar. My crew would have been pissed hauling
that around........LOL......I was a 11C10 Indirect fire, 81 mortar crewman.

i think the US Army's field artillery museum is still at Fort Lawton Oklahoma.
The Artillery schools are at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Going to head out west this
coming year to visit my sister. Fort Lawton would be a good side trip.

11C here as well,
Tim

 

[jelenko]

5,700 to 5,900 FPS

Holy s***

ETA: Looks like short barrel life. I wonder if they worry about the cleaning rod damaging the bore.

 

[rabradshaw]

Holy s***

ETA: Looks like short barrel life. I wonder if they worry about the cleaning rod damaging the bore.

And it’s a smooth bore. No lands & grooves.

 

[rabradshaw]

Does that shoot pretty flat?

With the sabot round it was pretty flat. With a HEAT or HEP it lobbed em like a 308 at 1500 yards. LOL

 

[GotRDid]

Holy s***

ETA: Looks like short barrel life. I wonder if they worry about the cleaning rod damaging the bore.

 

[Tesoro]

I was a Gunner and Tank Commander on the M1A1 Abrams. 120mm depleted uranium sabot traveling at 5,700 to 5,900 FPS and it was deadly to other tanks out to 8,200 feet (1.5 miles)

I have spent my time on large dozers logging in the west but had never seen track pads like the tank ones. Individual pads can be replaced by removing pins and the traction part looked like some sort of lava looking molded molten metal poured into the the frame of the pad??

 

[rabradshaw]

I have spent my time on large dozers logging in the west but had never seen track pads like the tank ones. Individual pads can be replaced by removing pins and the traction part looked like some sort of lava looking molded molten metal poured into the the frame of the pad??
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Yes Sir, it’s a very hard rubber, it does wear over time, especially if operated on concrete, turning & pivot steering and such. On asphalt it will usually rip the asphalt up and we had to be careful when moving the tanks so as not to mess up the roads on installations. I think that track pad compound was called valox or something like that.
Those tracks were made so we could replace individual sections fairly easily. We usually carried a couple of sections of track bolted to the turret. Replacing the center guides was a pain. If several got broken in a row the track would come off so when we checked track those were checked and replaced if two adjacent were broken off.