A 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun at US Army Ordnance Museum.
Type
Anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
1944–1960
Used by
U.S. Army
Wars
World War II Korean War
Specifications
Mass
64,000 lb (29,000 kg)
Length
24½ feet (7.39 m)
Barrel length
23½ feet (7.16 m)
Crew
13 (gun commander, gunner with eight man squad, ammunition chief supervising two ammunition handlers)
Shell
120 × 775 mm R
Shell weight
50 lb (22.7 kilograms)
Caliber
120 mm L/60
Barrels
1
Breech
Vertical sliding-wedge
Recoil
Hydro-pneumatic
Carriage
towed
Elevation
80 degrees
Traverse
360 degrees
Rate of fire
12 rpm
Muzzle velocity
3,100 ft/s (945 m/s)
Maximum firing range
82,000 ft (25,000 m), 57,500 ft (17,500 m) maximum altitude
The 120 mm Gun M1 was the United States Army's standard super-heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II and the Korean War, complementing the smaller and more mobile M2 90 mm gun in service. Its maximum altitude was about 60,000 ft (18,000 m), which earned it the nickname stratosphere gun.
The M1 gun was used by the Army for air defense from 1944 to 1960, serving primarily in static defensive roles, although it had been designed to be mobile. It became obsolete with the development of anti-aircraft missiles and was phased out after 1954. However, a derivative mounted in the M103 tank served in that capacity until 1974.
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