Talk:M110 howitzer

message: My notes on the British version of this state that it needs a crew of 13 to work it. 5 can be carried onboard but the rest have to follow along in the Ammo Limber.
GDL 1 Feb 2005
==reply===98.155.233.1 (talk) 10:49, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: crewing comment

message: As far as I know the M107 and M110 have been phased out of service, with the US Army relying on the M109 155MM SP Gun and the M270 MRLS.
Tomcat200 21 May 2006
* The US Army phased them out iirc, then they were passed down, maybe to the marines, but most of them ended up with allied nations.
The article lists the last M110 round fired at Ft. Drum in 1991. The cite for this is a youtube video showing British soldiers firing an M110 in Desert Storm? I was in a M110 Battalion (3rd/92nd FA, USAR, Akron, OH) in the early 90s. Considering I joined in August of 1991 I can assure you that M110s were fired after the date listed in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.219.131.157 (talk) 05:07, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: phased out?

message: I think it would be helpful to be more explicit in the introductory paragraph about when the M110 entered service, and in which conflicts it was employed. LordAmeth 00:10, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: intro

message: "Detroit Diesel 8V71T".  On the stamped steel Engine Valve Covers was embossed "GM", with the entire engine painted Dark Olive Drab Green (original engine) or Teal Green (replacement engine).  The "Final Drive" (transmission) was painted white. <ref>Firsthand Experience<ref>Cewbot (talk) 17:08, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Specification box to the right

message: From Firsthand Experience "Red Leg" aka Field Artillery M101, M102, M107, M110A2, and Ordnance Corps Conventional Mumitions, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, the M110A2 was capable of using the standard HE Projectiles, Chemical Weapons Projectiles, two types of Nuclear Projectiles refered to as the Nuclear "Old Eight Inch" W33 (required crew to be N5 qualified and Nuclear PRP), and the Nuclear "New Eight Inch" M422 (no assembly required must be Nuclear PRP), Smoke Projectiles, Illumination, White Phosphorous, etc..  Direct Fire was achieved thru maximum charges (Zone 3 on a M107 175mm Gun, a Gun Zone is larger than a Howitzer "Charge" of an M110 8 inch Howitzer, many propellant "Charges" equal a propellant "Zone") as a HE projectile with fuze set to point detonating.  After some M110A2s were sold to the Democratic Nation of Israel as well as the Israelis Defense Industry upgrades of M107s to M110A2s, the Israelis Defense Industry created a Rocket Assisted Projectile for the M110A2 with a range of about 21 Miles (range of the U.S. M107 175mm Self Propelled Gun (not a "Howitzer") that the Israelis Defense Forces had previously purchased).  The Rumor "Legend" was that an M110A2 "Old School" (collameter, aiming stakes, panoramic telescope) with a good Gunner (Deflection), Assistant Gunner (Elevation), and FDC (Fire Direction Control) and FO (Forward Observer) could place a inert projectile (or HE) into a open 55 gallon drum (Grafenwoehr and Vilsek Training Areas).<ref>Firsthand Experience<ref>Cewbot (talk) 17:08, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: reply