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Black Dragon

A 240 mm howitzer M1 nicknamed "Black Dragon", 698th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. 5th Army, in firing position in San Vittore, Italy;. March 1944.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/us-artillery/52140/black-dragon

If I don’t mistake I recognize the plain where this gun stationed… it’s still now as it looks in this photo, moreabout. It’s visible from the railway Roma-Campobasso. This gun looks like an exended version of WW1 heavy mortars.