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Sean P Walsh's avatar

My late father served in the Cannon Company of the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division which was formed in the Fall of 1943 and landed in Normandy in July 1944 as part of the reinforcements for the Normandy Campaign. Maybe this came later but they were equipped with six M3 105mm howitzers, not the M2. The M3 was originally developed for the glider airborne artillery regiments as a supplement to the 75mm howitzers and combined a shortened barrel mounted on the 75mm carriage. It required a faster burning powder than the M2 due to the shorter barrel. According to Dad, they received VT (proximity fuses) about the time of the Battle of the Bulge which simplified things since they were usually firing air bursts for anti-personnel purposes.

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