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The 75 mm gun, models M2 to M6, was the standard American medium caliber gun fitted to mobile platforms during World War II. They were primarily mounted on tanks , such as the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman , but one variant was also used as an air-to-ground gun on the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircraft .
The M1897 guns used the same 75×350 mm R ammunition as the 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 tank guns of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, and 'gunship' version of the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. The M2 was a L/31 gun, the M1897 was L/36, and the M3 was L/40.
75 mm gun M1917 – copy of British gun re-chambered for French cartridge, produced for export; QF 2.95-inch mountain gun – imported from Britain, used in Philippines; 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6; M116 howitzer (75 mm) – also known as "75mm Pack Howitzer M1" 76 mm gun M1; M101 howitzer (105mm) – still used in US and worldwide as late as in 2014 ...
75 mm gun M2/M3/M6: 75 mm (2.95 in) Field gun United States: Copy of a British weapon QF 2.95-inch mountain gun: 75 mm (2.95 in) Mountain gun United Kingdom: Used in the Philippines: M116 howitzer: 75 mm (2.95 in) Pack howitzer United States: M101 howitzer: 105 mm (4.1 in) Howitzer United States: M3 howitzer: 105 mm (4.1 in) Light howitzer ...
The 75mm pack howitzer M1 (redesignated the M116 in 1962) was a pack howitzer artillery piece used by the United States. Designed to be moved across difficult terrain, gun and carriage could be broken down into several pieces to be carried by pack animals.
75 mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892; 75 mm armata wz.36; 75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage; 75 mm FRC M27; 75 mm gun M2–M6; 75 mm gun M1916; 75 mm gun M1917; 75 mm kanon M/05; 75 mm Reșița Model 1943; 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09; 75/24 Pack Howitzer
75 mm Gun M2/M3/M6: 1×12.7mm Browning M2HB and 2×7.8mm Browning M1919A4: 30.3: 298: 193? 5: M4 with flotation screen and propeller Ram Badger flame tank: 1941: 87: QF 6-pdr: Wasp II flamethrower and 2×7.62mm machine guns: 29: 298: 232? 5: later versions had flamethrower replacing main gun Sherman Badger flame tank: 1942: 76: 75 mm Gun M2/M3/M6
The 75 mm M2 and M3 tank guns of the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman Medium tanks, the 75 mm M6 tank gun of the M24 Chaffee light tank and the 75 mm gun of the -G and -H subtypes of the B-25 Mitchell bomber all used the same ammunition as the M1897.