Introduction

The following introduction is taken from the Tankograd website:

The mechanisation of heavy artillery was one of the key points of the US Army‘s modernisation measures after the Second World War. A whole series of self-propelled howitzers were developed to meet this requirement, but none of them were air-portable due to their weight. This led to the demand for a family of field guns and field howitzers that could be deployed on self-propelled mounts using a transport aircraft. This was the birth of the M107 (175mm field gun) and M110 (203mm field howitzer) self-propelled artillery carriers. While the M107 remained a single production batch, the M110 was first upgraded to the M110A1 and later to the impressive M110A2 and introduced worldwide.

This publication describes the development history of the US versions of the M107/M110 family, their use and details their technology. Another focus is on the M107/M110 variants in active service with the Bundeswehr, including the "Germanisation", i.e. the components modified by the German Army.

Review

At the end of WWII self propelled guns quickly became faster, bigger, with greater range and able to supply a bigger punch. The supporting units also ensured that the accuracy of artillery rounds hit their targets with less shots allowing the shoot and scoot method of today to evolve. This Tankograd title is a duel language offering in German and English and primarily in photographic form quickly shows the evolution of this weapons system and the supporting units that accompany them. The M110 is a particularly well covered subject, having a very good walk around segment, and then detailed shots and their purpose as the title progresses. Picture quality is again high, with well written captions in both German and English. Resulting in a title that personally found particularly pleasing and informative.