tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7698- 2012-01-06T18:34:59Z Comments for More gunner zen We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7698 2007-06-23T11:33:42Z 2007-06-26T12:41:20Z More gunner zen This time, the breech end of the US 155mm Howitzer, M1918, a US-built version of the French Schneider 155mm gun. Ahhhh. Nothing like an interrupted screw breech! Somebody make Maggie an appointment with her chiropractor. That probably spun her head so fast she pulled a muscle in her neck. This gun was our standard medium howitzer at the end of WWI, and served through to WWII, with the M1918A3 "high speed" version (which had inflatable tires, vice the hard rubber you see here) seeing combat on Guadalcanal.... The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com This time, the breech end of the US 155mm Howitzer, M1918, a US-built version of the French Schneider 155mm gun.

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Ahhhh. Nothing like an interrupted screw breech! Somebody make Maggie an appointment with her chiropractor. That probably spun her head so fast she pulled a muscle in her neck.

This gun was our standard medium howitzer at the end of WWI, and served through to WWII, with the M1918A3 "high speed" version (which had inflatable tires, vice the hard rubber you see here) seeing combat on Guadalcanal.

]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7698-comment:61414 Comment from DougK on 2007-06-23 DougK "Ahhhh. Nothing like an interrupted screw breech!" ...and we were still usin' it on the M81 gun/launcher of the M551 Sheridan and M60A2's of not-so-sainted memory. Sure, it was electrically operated (unless you wanted to spin the manual handle 'til your arm dropped off, just for grins) but that's how she worked. 2007-06-24T04:33:36Z 2007-06-24T04:33:36Z