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which can fire at higher angles. Field guns also lack a specialized purpose, such as anti-tank or coastal artillery. By the later stages of World War II the majority of artillery in use was either in the form of howitzers of 105 mm (4.1 in) to 155 mm (6.1 in), or in form of hybrid
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As the evolution of artillery continued, almost all guns of any size became capable of being moved at some speed. With few exceptions, even the largest siege weapons had become mobile by road or rail by the start of
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105 mm howitzer are used to provide fire support for infantry and armour at ranges where mortars are impractical. Man-packed mortars lack the range or hitting power of gun-artillery. In between is the
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anti-tank/field guns that had high enough muzzle velocity to be used in both roles. The most common field guns of the era were the British 5.5 in (140 mm), the American
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Since the 1980s and 1990s, the field gun has seen limited combat use. The class of small and highly mobile artillery has been filled with increasing capacity by the man-portable
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with over 103,000 produced. The ZiS-3 could be used in direct fire against armored vehicles, direct fire in infantry support, and indirect fire against distant targets.
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in 60 mm (2.4 in) or 81 mm (3.2 in)/82 mm (3.2 in) calibre and has replaced every artillery piece smaller than 100 mm (3.9 in).
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that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances (
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Portsmouth Action Field Gun - civilians in Portsmouth still running the ex-Royal Navy Command Field Gun run
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wherever they were massing, dramatically increasing the overall effectiveness of the attack.
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One of the most produced field guns during the war was the Soviet 76 mm (3.0 in)
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tried the long-range gun again from the early 1960s to the late 1970s with the
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were anything up to 4.5 in (110 mm) in calibre, larger calibres were
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which are too large to be moved quickly, and would be used only in a prolonged
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Perhaps the most famous use of the field gun in terms of advanced tactics was
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155 Mm Gun M1 "Long Tom" : US Army Field Gun in World War II and Korea
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fill the middle ground, with the world rapidly standardizing on either the
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Field Gun Image Gallery - Royal Naval Museum's Sea Your History website
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Artillery in the Song dynasty
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