Field Gun Restoration
We Need Help with Funding for the Field Gun Restoration Project to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the American Legion.
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Service history
This weapon replaced the 3.2-inch gun M1897 in most combat units, but both weapons remained in service until after World War I. General John J. Pershing brought several of the guns with him during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916–17, but they were not fired in combat.[3]
The M1902/5 was in service from 1905 through 1919. During World War I, the Army primarily used the French 75 mm gun instead of the M1902s, which were mostly kept in the United States for training. Although this weapon appears in World War I-era tables of organization and equipment,[4] very few of the M1902s were used in combat in Europe. They were gradually phased out of active service in the 1920s.
This gun is likely one of the survivors from the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916 & 1917.
Blueprints and Historical Photos of This Gun Model.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:3_inch_Gun_Model_1902-1904-1905
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Service history
This weapon replaced the 3.2-inch gun M1897 in most combat units, but both weapons remained in service until after World War I. General John J. Pershing brought several of the guns with him during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916–17, but they were not fired in combat.[3]
The M1902/5 was in service from 1905 through 1919. During World War I, the Army primarily used the French 75 mm gun instead of the M1902s, which were mostly kept in the United States for training. Although this weapon appears in World War I-era tables of organization and equipment,[4] very few of the M1902s were used in combat in Europe. They were gradually phased out of active service in the 1920s.
This gun is likely one of the survivors from the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916 & 1917.
Blueprints and Historical Photos of This Gun Model.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:3_inch_Gun_Model_1902-1904-1905
Organizer
Commander Noe Alvarado
Organizer
McAllen, TX
Anonymous
Beneficiary