Pennsylvania Military Museum

The M114A2 howitzer, introduced in 1942 as the M1, served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam with the Army and Marine Corps. It also served with the National Guard into the 1980s. Its 11-man crew could fire forty rounds per hour, lobbing each 85-pound shell nearly nine miles. The M114A2 remains in service in forty countries worldwide as of 2004.

About the M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer

Weight: 12,750 lbs.

Caliber: 155 mm

Crew: 11 men

Maximum Range: 9.07 miles or 14.6 kilometers

Projectile Weight: 84.8 lbs.

Maximum rate of fire: 4 rounds per minute

Sustained rate of fire: 1 rounds per minute

Maximum elevation: 63 degrees

Marker is on Old Boalsburg Road 0.1 miles north of Boal Avenue (U.S. 322), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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