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To: smokingfrog
If they got it fom us (Iraq Army) then most likely 105 and 155 howitzers. Here is a 155

A 155 is a pretty big gun (6+ inches). It has a kill radius of 50 yards (50% of everyone within 50 yards of the blast center dies) and a range of about 15 miles. I like 8 inch guns better but I don't think the USA uses 8 inch guns any more. 155 is our biggest artillery piece.

54 posted on 08/08/2014 6:46:49 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: jpsb

http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/15/isis-captured-52-us-made-howitzers-could-shell-iraq-cities/

IS Caliphate got 52 of our howitzers with a lot more equipment already mentioned by earlier posts on this thread.


59 posted on 08/08/2014 7:15:07 AM PDT by givemELL
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To: jpsb; donozark; rdcbn

We should have put GPS tracking devices on every piece of major military hardware we left over there for just such a contingency.


69 posted on 08/08/2014 7:45:09 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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