U.S. ARMY FILM " WEAPONS OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY " 155mm HOWITZER MACHINE GUN BAZOOKA 23804 (1953)

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This color educational/training film is about the current artillery weapons the U.S. Army is using. This was made in 1953. Titles: The United States Army Presents Weapons of the Artillery (:09-:21). U.S. Army soldiers fire off a cannon. A tank fires off artillery. A cannon is fired. A tank fires off light artillery. 3.5" rocket launcher bazooka, served by a two man crew - a demonstration shows it fired at a tank and the tank is hit, but not totally destroyed. The quadruple 50 caliber machine gun, the M-16 is controlled electrically. The guns are fired off, its maximum range is 700 yards. A demonstration of it fired at a tank is shown. The M-19 is set on a tank and is like the M-16, it is raised in the air and then lowered. A demonstration of it fired at a tank is shown, 120 rounds per gun per minute (:22-4:35). The 4.5" multiple rocket launcher has tremendous firepower - it is fired at an empty field as a test. The 75mm Pack Howitzer was an artillery piece designed so that it could be moved across difficult terrain. It is broken down and placed for transport on a horse. Horses and donkeys help the soldiers move the weaponry across difficult terrain in a wooded area, they climb steep terrain and narrow terrain (4:36-7:03). Seven men are the crew for the Pack Howitzer, it fires a high explosive shell. The weapon is fired as a test. Men crouch down near it before firing it again. It blasts at a tank. A truck carries a 105mm Howitzer, the gun crew is 10 men including the driver.…

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27 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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