The United States formally joined World War I in April 1918. Having observed the war since 1914, the American Army realized it needed better and more artillery. The best field gun in the war was the ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (June 21, 2018) -- One of the displays at the Army Field Artillery Museum is the French 75mm field gun, Model of 1897. It was revolutionary because its recoil system of pneumatics ...

Someone uncovered a bit of explosive history Wednesday morning in their Southwest Side backyard. The Brighton Park resident was digging when he came across a live 75mm artillery shell dating back to ...

In WWII, the 75mm tank gun became the gold standard for destroying enemy armor. But between the German KwK 40, the American ...

"We are now experimenting at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with light field artilery which is 40 to 50 per cent more powerful than that being used at the close of the World War," said Colonel Frank ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (June 19, 2014) -- Fort Sill celebrated the 239th Army birthday in grand style with the Minutemen to Missiles military history timeline event June 14 here. Several hundred visitors ...

The National WWII Museum will receive delivery of an outstanding collection of five World War II artillery pieces that played significant roles in the war for both Allied and Axis armies.These new ...

What started as a normal magnet fishing session in Indiana turned into a full-blown emergency when the magnet latched onto a massive 75mm artillery round buried under the bridge. At nearly 60 pounds ...