3 Inch Gun M5 - Description

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3 inch Gun M5 on Carriage M1

The barrel was adapted from the 3 inch Gun T9; it had rifling with uniform right hand twist, with 28 grooves and one turn in 25 calibers. It was combined with breech, recoil system and carriage from the 105 mm Howitzer M2. The breech was of horizontal sliding type, manual; the recoil system hydropneumatic. The carriage was of split trail type, equipped with a single equilibrator spring beneath the breech and wheels with pneumatic tires.

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