From: Dan Parmley Jr. (artillerydan@cox.net)
Date: Thu Sep 08 2005 - 15:41:14 PDT
Problem is you can not get them back over here legally. US made. 105mm
Howitzers AKA M2/M2A2 - M101/M101A1 or the 155mm How. AKA M1 - M114 are
all very scarce in private hands. 105s in unfireable condition but
complete will sell for as much as $18,000. All the guns are on the rise.
Base price for 37s, 57s, & 75mm pack howitzers has been $5500 to $7500
but now you can not find them and prices are going up.
Dan
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of david gudmunsen
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:35 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Vintage cannon: Can they be had?
Sorry you didn't sign your name.
So hey fellow,
There are 10 155mm howitzers for sale over here in the UK at only $8750
per
unit. They appear to be in good condition for display purpose.
Email me if you want further information.
Best regards from David Gudmunsen
on 9/8/05 17:58, chesnimnus@juno.com at chesnimnus@juno.com wrote:
> After talking with a couple folks over the last week about our club's
M-5H-6
> project, I would like to possibly find an M1 155 howitzer or an M2
105mm
> howitzer to trail behind the truck. (I believe the 155 was later
renamed the
> M101.) Has anyone tried to do this? I suspect that the Army or
Marines may
> have one of these sitting somewhere that could be donated to the
museum for
> use as a display with this truck. If anyone has any experience with
this, I
> would love to hear from you. Since they are probably obsolete, they
should
> not be worth anything to the military. Or they should have an old
broken or
> worn-out model that they could part with. Or if anyone knows of a
memorial
> that has been taken down to clear the way for civil progress (urban
sprawl),
> that they would be willing to donate to a new home. If any old empty
shells
> would be available, that would be an added bonus.
>
> FYI, I may have switched the numbers of each gun. I am not an expert,
and
> only know what I do from some online research I have done over the
last couple
> days.
>
>
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