M198 155mm Towed Howitzer - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

**Ed Ely** · 11-21-2007, 03:01 PM

The M198 howitzer weighs 15,760 pounds and is 35.75 feet
long in firing configuration. The cannon itself has 45 degrees
of lateral traverse and can be elevated between 72 and
5 degrees. The normal ground transport for the M198 is the
M939 6x6 5-ton truck and the cannon itself requires a crew
of 11.

http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...-howitzer.html

Ed

**PackerfanXD** · 11-21-2007, 04:28 PM

I like BIG boy toys!

Ghostrider304 · 11-21-2007, 05:01 PM

My favortie would have to be the AAVP7A1. I crewed one for 4 years in the USMC. YAT-YAS!!!

http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...personnel.html

Will-

Neomet · 11-21-2007, 05:23 PM

What a sissy gun. Get a real man's gun!!

101radioman · 11-21-2007, 07:18 PM

Nice always have a soft spot for the 155 and the old 8in SP.
But then former 13F for Uncle Sam who blames me. LOL

**Badshot** · 11-22-2007, 11:16 AM

It's all fun and games until the 1KMsq is saturated by this guy..

http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...et-system.html

Actually, I was fortunate enough to witness both sides of a South Korean 100 gun shoot. Lined up hub to hub by Battery.. the concussion rocked our HUMMV pretty hard near the fire line (we were sleeping at the time), and the concussion from the impact of the second shot knocked 6 of us right on our asses from 5KM away, even if we did have to let the KATUSA call the mission

... but what an awesome sight.. 100rnds of 155mm impacting in less than 1.5KMsq ..

MarineFlyboy · 11-23-2007, 08:34 AM

I had a chance to work a M198 gun line with some Marines and it was pretty f'n impressive. You can actually see the 155 shell leaving the gun, its like watching death leave and slowly fade away into the blue sky to find its target thousands of yards away. Even with hearing protection I believe I lost some hearing but it was worth it!

dannyg0811 · 11-23-2007, 01:01 PM

I was with 11th Marines in the early 90's. Watching a massive night shoot like the one in the video is something else. Being on the receiving end of this would be terrifying. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eYR-H4...eature=related

My battery was supporting an LAV unit one night, from a distance we we could see the exchange of fire, red and green tracers, between the LAVs and the Iraqis. After we started firing the 198s the Iraqis thought they were being attacked from the air and we watched as their tracers went up. They were shooting at nothing. We all laughed as we finished our 10 round mission and got the hell out of there. They had been so used to being bombed by aircraft I guess they didn't expect an artillery unit to be near the border shooting at them. We were told that we were trying to provoke the Iraqis into firing their arty or turn on their counter battery radar in order for our planes to take them out. Nothing like being bait.

11-21-2007, 03:01 PM	#1
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,492 Blog Entries: 1	M198 155mm Towed Howitzer The M198 howitzer weighs 15,760 pounds and is 35.75 feet long in firing configuration. The cannon itself has 45 degrees of lateral traverse and can be elevated between 72 and 5 degrees. The normal ground transport for the M198 is the M939 6x6 5-ton truck and the cannon itself requires a crew of 11. http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...-howitzer.html Ed

11-21-2007, 04:28 PM	#2
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 6,254	I like BIG boy toys! __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. Mexican 300 http://www.break.com/index/mexican-300.html No more anchor babies! Free Ramos and Campion

11-21-2007, 05:01 PM	#3
Ghostrider304 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Missouri, St. Louis Area Posts: 112	My favortie would have to be the AAVP7A1. I crewed one for 4 years in the USMC. YAT-YAS!!! http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...personnel.html Will- __________________ Will- Sgt. USMC 3rd AABn. 1992-1996 YAT-YAS Semper Fi SA XD40 Sub-Compact Purchased 11/07/2007

11-21-2007, 05:23 PM	#4
Neomet XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Made it to Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,384	What a sissy gun. Get a real man's gun!! __________________ Who said that? Who the freak said that? Who's the slimy little communist $hit, twinkle-toed rocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? The fairy freaking godmother said it. Out-freaking-standing. I will PT you all until you freaking die!

11-22-2007, 11:16 AM	#6
Badshot XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,430	It's all fun and games until the 1KMsq is saturated by this guy.. http://tech.military.com/equipment/v...et-system.html Actually, I was fortunate enough to witness both sides of a South Korean 100 gun shoot. Lined up hub to hub by Battery.. the concussion rocked our HUMMV pretty hard near the fire line (we were sleeping at the time), and the concussion from the impact of the second shot knocked 6 of us right on our asses from 5KM away, even if we did have to let the KATUSA call the mission ... but what an awesome sight.. 100rnds of 155mm impacting in less than 1.5KMsq .. __________________ --------------------- Stupidity should should be painful! On AR15's: Learn to use your Iron Sights before you go adding all that extra crap on your gun!

11-21-2007, 07:18 PM	#5
101radioman XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Moorhead, MN Posts: 182	Nice always have a soft spot for the 155 and the old 8in SP. But then former 13F for Uncle Sam who blames me. LOL

11-23-2007, 08:34 AM	#7
MarineFlyboy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 339	I had a chance to work a M198 gun line with some Marines and it was pretty f'n impressive. You can actually see the 155 shell leaving the gun, its like watching death leave and slowly fade away into the blue sky to find its target thousands of yards away. Even with hearing protection I believe I lost some hearing but it was worth it! __________________ The Basic School - F Co 31 Aug 06 - 15 March 07 Primary Flight Training NAS Whiting Field Sept 10 - Apr 16 Advance Jet Training NAS Kingsville 28 May - ?

11-23-2007, 01:01 PM	#8
dannyg0811 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NOR CAL Posts: 422	I was with 11th Marines in the early 90's. Watching a massive night shoot like the one in the video is something else. Being on the receiving end of this would be terrifying. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eYR-H4...eature=related My battery was supporting an LAV unit one night, from a distance we we could see the exchange of fire, red and green tracers, between the LAVs and the Iraqis. After we started firing the 198s the Iraqis thought they were being attacked from the air and we watched as their tracers went up. They were shooting at nothing. We all laughed as we finished our 10 round mission and got the hell out of there. They had been so used to being bombed by aircraft I guess they didn't expect an artillery unit to be near the border shooting at them. We were told that we were trying to provoke the Iraqis into firing their arty or turn on their counter battery radar in order for our planes to take them out. Nothing like being bait. __________________ Springfield XD .45 Tactical - XD 9mm Compact Glock/SIG/Walther/Winchester--NOT Nearly enough. Semper FI! http://semperfifund.org/ http://togetherweserved.com/usmc/index.jsp And now a few words from PATTON(well George C. Scott) http://www.turtletrader.com/speech.mp3

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