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Re: Arty

From: Ludo Toen <Ludo.Toen@p...>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 18:10:42 +0100
Subject: Re: Arty

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> I don't know of any 203mm wheeled howitzers... yet. There are plenty
> of
> wheeled 155mm types around though; and 155mm is the standard heavy
> artillery around nowadays.

The US had them in WW2 and I'm sure the Belgian army reserves had them
up till some 10 years ago. 155mm is Nato's standard. The Russians have
larger calibres around (170mm if I'm not mistaken).

Ludo Toen

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