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

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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. 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. 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. It goes down a dirt road. It is a flexible weapon, it is pointed into the sky at an angle. The shells are fired, blasts in the distance are seen. The weaponry is fired again and again. Shells are placed in and fired repeatedly. Blasts in the sky are seen (7:04-10:59). Soldiers on a tank which carries a 105mm Howitzer, which becomes the motor carriage M-37. It is fired at a tank as a test. The 155mm Howitzer towed by a truck. A crew of 12 men is required and can be set up in 5 mins. A green bag, white bag, and a shell. Men carry a shell and place it in the weaponry, it is raised and then fired. Another shell is stuffed in, the weapon is positioned and fired. White smoke is seen in the distance. An illuminating shell is fired at night to show how it lights up a battlefield (11:00-14:33). The M-41 is a self propelled 155mm Howitzer. The weapon is raised manually or by a power system. It is mounted on a tank. 12 men including two drivers. The shell is fired at a tank, a blast and a plume of black smoke. White phosphorus is used next (14:34-16:15). The 155mm gun. The gun is towed by a tractor. A crew of 17 men is needed for this, they fire the weapon. A white bag and a green shell. A shell is placed inside and then fired. When the 155mm gun is mounted on a medium tank, it is an M-40. The crew is 13 men including 2 drivers. A shell is placed into the weapon and then fired. An explosion followed by black smoke. The 8" Howitzer. The 155 gun is towed by an M-4 tractor. 17 men serve as crew with this weapon. A green and white bag next to a green shell. This is the most accurate of all field weapons. The 8" Howitzer gun is raised and fired a few times. Smoke plumes in the distance (16:16-21:17). M-43 is 8" Howitzer on a smaller tank, a 15 man crew with 2 drivers. It also has exceptional accuracy. It is fired in the evening and fire blasts in the distance can be seen. The 240 Howitzer is towed in 2 loads by M-6 tractors. The crew is 24 men, 2 drivers. The weapon is fired. It has two kinds of ammunition. Ammunition is loaded in and then fired. Huge smoke plumes in the distance (21:18-24:25). The 280mm gun is in the very heavy class. 2 transporters carry the 280mm gun. It has a crew of 11 men. It is slowly set up with ammunition. The gun is elevated. Two forms of ammunition. Men turn the gun into position. The gun is fired. A blast in the distance. The smoke and blasts light up the evening sky. An Atomic weapon is fired in the distance and the mushroom cloud takes shape (24:26-27:38). End credits (27:39-27:44). This last test is the M65 atomic cannon, often called "Atomic Annie", an artillery piececapable of firing a nuclear device. It was developed in the early 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War, and fielded, between April 1955 and December 1962, in West Germany, South Korea and on Okinawa.

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