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3 unusual facts about M107 self-propelled gun


M107 self-propelled gun

The top speed recorded by one M107 driver was 50 mph at the Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, on a tank trail.

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The PAVN also captured a number of these M107s, fore example 4 of them were captured at Quảng Trị in March 1972, and 12 of them were taken during Tây Nguyên offensive in 1975.

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When these guns were outranged by rocket fire from Tyre, they were upgraded with the addition of extended range, full-bore ammunition and new powder supplied by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation.


Lancia 3 RO

In North Africa and Sicily with the top of the cab cut away and lower sideboards the Lancia 3 Ro became well suited for desert warfare serving as a self-propelled gun porting the Cannone da 90/53 as well as the 100/17 howitzer.

SU-100Y Self-Propelled Gun

When work was stopped on the T-100 project, the SU-100Y was transported to Kubinka in the summer of 1940.


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