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Cannone da 149/40 mod.35

This gun outpassed of 5 Km the range of the famous French 155 mm gun GPF, and of some dozens of meters the famous American 155 mm Long Tom. It had a normal cadence of fire of 1 shot per minute, and the possibility of a high cadence of 2 shots per minute. The Long Tom had a max of 40 shots per hour... One group of 149/40s on 3 batteries was sent in nortehrn Africa, and 2 groups in Russia. DVX

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The bigest advantage with the long Tom is thr US Army had so many of them. Equipped about 49 battalions, including 40 in the European Theater and 7 in the Pacific.

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