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and quickly return it to the firing position combined to improve the range, accuracy, and rate of fire of the gun compared with previous weapons, allowing it to be used more effectively in operations with infantry. These new capabilities allowed the gun to provide accurate indirect fire on targets
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Similar to the 3-inch gun, but scaled up with a significantly longer barrel - 111.25 inches (2.826 m) overall gun body length instead of 87.8 inches (2.23 m) - in a larger caliber, with a lengthened recoil - 58.5 inches (1.49 m) instead of 45 inches (1.1 m) - as well as with a
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designed a 3-inch gun which allowed more shots to be made faster but still required to relay the gun after each shoot. However by 1900, when its procurement was underway, first concrete information about the revolutionary French
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to block the process. In 1901 long-recoil guns were tested and deemed superior, so in 1902 the
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different extractor. Weighed 3,875 pounds (1,758 kg) and fired a 30 pounds (14 kg) shell up to 8,000 yards (7,300 m).
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Description of 3-inch (15 pounder) gun, model of 1903, and its breech mechanism. Ordnance
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3-inch gun, Westminster, Massachusetts at Waymarking.com
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The M1902 was in service from 1902 through 1919. During
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List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation
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One M1902 at the West End World War I Memorial Park in
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M1902 3 Inch Field Gun, 1st Division Museum, Cantigny
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664:One M1902, number 56, manufactured in 1905, by the
1185:American Breechloading Mobile Artillery, 1875-1953
1152:Handbook of the 3-inch Gun Matériel, model of 1902
377:with a recoil mechanism. Like its predecessor the
901:One M1905 at the Nebraska National Guard Museum,
889:One M1905 at the VFW Post 3911. Key West, Florida
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484:brought several of the guns with him during the
1166:The U. S. Army in World War I: Orders of Battle
1107:3-inch gun, Oklahoma City, OK at Waymarking.com
943:Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
631:U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center
488:in 1916–17, but they were not fired in combat.
898:Two M1905 at Fort Niagara State Park, New York
180:180 in (460 cm) From trail to muzzle
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1187:. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
1096:M1905 field gun at Historical Marker Database
892:One M1905, missing the wheels, is located in
855:One M1905 on the grounds of VFW Post 5700 in
849:Two at the Washington National Guard Museum,
717:One at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post no. 33,
701:One at Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf,
1074:3-inch gun, New London, MO at Waymarking.com
915:West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
486:"Punitive Expedition" against Mexican forces
412:Commanding General of the United States Army
1554:World War I artillery of the United States
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861:One M1902 on the parade grounds of
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168:788 lb (357 kg) (1905);
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331:Effective firing range
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986:"77-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES"
645:One at 45th Division Museum,
170:2,520 lb (1,140 kg)
1523:12-inch coast defense mortar
1472:12-inch coast defense mortar
1308:Field, medium and heavy guns
1273:QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss
1211:at State Library of Victoria
1164:Rinaldi, Richard A. (2004).
804:Two at Lakeview Park in the
692:Texas Military Forces Museum
574:Texas Military Forces Museum
537:3.8-inch Gun, Models of 1904
334:6,000 yd (5,500 m)
195:, 7 feet (2.1 m) (bore)
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451:system to absorb the gun's
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1533:14"/50 caliber railway gun
949:76 mm divisional gun M1902
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635:Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia
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681:Texas A&M University
599:Southern Utah University
248:15 lb (6.8 kg)
211:63 in (160 cm)
203:76 in (190 cm)
1437:4.72-inch Armstrong gun
961:Ordnance BLC 15 pounder
851:Camp Murray, Washington
755:One at Liberty Park in
647:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
641:Fort Sam Houston, Texas
408:Canon de 75 modèle 1897
1315:3-inch M1902 field gun
1119:"45th Division Museum"
1030:Williford, pages 22-25
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857:Hightstown, New Jersey
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757:Hudson, Massachusetts
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1385:240 mm trench mortar
1380:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
1168:. General Data LLC.
796:High Street Cemetery
738:Presidio of Monterey
732:Columbus, New Mexico
703:Faribault, Minnesota
625:New London, Missouri
322:Muzzle velocity
316:15 rounds per minute
1282:Small and pack guns
882:Patchogue, New York
877:- serial number 155
875:Amsterdam, New York
831:at Fort DeRussy in
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745:Annandale, Virginia
713:Wayne, Pennsylvania
666:Rock Island Arsenal
597:One M1904, used by
399:Ordnance Department
383:rifled breechloader
153:M1902, M1904, M1905
1492:155 mm gun M1918MI
1394:Anti-aircraft guns
1340:4.7-inch gun M1906
1335:3.2-inch gun M1897
990:www.quarryhs.co.uk
967:British equivalent
951:Russian equivalent
937:List of field guns
894:Brighton, Illinois
845:Rushville, Indiana
822:Schofield Barracks
816:Hopewell, Virginia
725:San Antonio, Texas
653:Clemson University
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403:Charles B. Wheeler
395:Transvaal Republic
379:3.2-inch gun M1897
107:Watervliet Arsenal
98:Production history
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1508:7"/45 caliber gun
1501:Railway artillery
1487:16-inch gun M1919
1482:16-inch gun M1895
1477:14-inch gun M1907
1467:12-inch gun M1895
1462:10-inch gun M1895
1194:978-0-7643-5049-8
1039:Rinaldi, page 204
957:German equivalent
955:7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
690:One M1902 at the
685:The Spirit of '02
613:Wheaton, Illinois
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1432:3-inch gun M1903
1416:3-inch gun M1918
1411:3-inch gun M1917
1365:155 mm GPF M1918
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