Field Gun - The 1960s

The 1960s

The US Army tried the long-range gun again in the 1960s with the M107 175 mm gun; although a high-maintenance item, which after a rash of cracked barrels was removed from service with the US, the M107 was used extensively in the Vietnam War and proved effective in artillery duels with the North Vietnamese forces. Production of the M107 continued through the 1980s, and the gun continues to be in service with the Israeli forces.