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Originally Posted by PPoS
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Originally Posted by DRG
No idea but there must have been something before the HEAT
Don
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Alright, I'll have to do some more digging around. See if I can find any manuals for the M2/M3 pre-dating 1944. |
This is what War Department Technical Manual 9-2005 dated Dec 1942, page 58 says:
d. Ammunition. - Ammunition for the 105-mm howitzers, M2 and M2A1, is issued fuzed in the form of semifixed complete rounds.
The following types of service ammunition are "Standard" for issue and manufacture.
(1) Shell, H.E., M1, w/fuze, point detonating, M48, 105-mm howitzers, M2 and M2A1
(2) Shell, H.E., M1, w/fuze, time and superquick, M54, 105-mm howitzers, M2 and M2A1.
(3) Shell, gas, M60, w/fuze, point detonating, M57, 105-mm howitzers, M2 and M2A1.
(4) Shell, smoke, M84, 105-mm howitzers, M2 and M2A1.
(5) Shell, H.E.,A.T., M67.
Here's a screen print:
I'll attach the whole manual to this post.
Cross