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The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59.
Il cannone M1 155 mm Long Tom (155/45 nella denominazione italiana) fu utilizzato nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale dall'US Army. Trae origine da un pezzo francese dello stesso calibro, il 155 mm GPF, fornito agli Stati Uniti nel corso della prima guerra mondiale.
The 155 mm Creusot Long Tom was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns. [1] : p. 164.
Le canon de 155 mm, M1 ou M2 (plus tard M59), connu sous le nom de Long Tom, était un canon de campagne de 155 mm utilisé par l'armée américaine durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée .
The 'Long Tom' or more properly, the '155mm gun M1A1 with M1A1 carriage and M5 limber', and the related 8-inch howitzer M1 formed the backbone of the U.S. Army's heavy field artillery...
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The 155mm M2 Gun (nicknamed “Long Tom”) was one of the most significant pieces of heavy artillery produced by the United States during WWII. The United States, entering the First World War without modern heavy artillery, adopted the French 155mm GPF.
The M59 uses a long 155mm 45-caliber rifled ordnance without muzzle brake. The lower chassis is a two axle eight wheel split trail carriage with a two wheel limber. The upper carriage holds the gun support systems such as the cradle, recoil system and elevating and traverse mechanisms.
