Re: Arty

Ludo wrote:

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> 
> > I don't know of any 203mm wheeled howitzers... yet. 

Oops - should've been "wheeled *SP* howitzers" - I climbed around on an
old US 203mm *tracked* SP howitzer less than two months ago, and most
towed artillery pieces have wheels :-/ Sorry 'bout that.

> > 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).

To reiterate, now with all the words in place <g>: I don't know of any
wheeled *SP* howitzers larger than 155mm, but there are numerous 155mm
wheeled SP howitzer types.

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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