Also buried in the article is a statement that the Army named it a 76.2mm gun, so as to avoid confusion when requesting ammunition with that provided for the 3 inch anti-tank gun, whose shell was 76.2mm in diameter.
64 posted on 05/06/2019 1:10:36 PM PDT by GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)