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M-56 Howitzer 105mm (Towed) on display at Fort Sam Houston, Texas (March 2007). According to the display sign, it was recovered north of Kuwait City in February 1991.
It's not exactly the same gun, and the M101A1 was the howitzer in general use when I directed its fire a number of times in South Vietnam as a Marine Corps forward observer. But the differences were not operational, just designed to make it easier to machine, if I remember correctly. Seems like a sensible change to me.
Already merged the two articles. Will attempt to reintegrate more of what was written on the M101A1 article into this article later today. --Edward Sandstig01:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Should no mention be made of the license production of the M2/M101 gun/howitzer in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as the M-65 (although some sources say it is M-56). I think it is quite significant that a country in the Communist-bloc license manufactured a US howitzer and it speaks exceptionally well about the quality of the design. 72.146.187.3802:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)SAWGunner89[reply]
Yugoslavia had a fairly "good" relationship with NATO countries. Politically, it had positioned itself between Communist countries and Western nations (to Stalin's chagrin). As a result, Yugoslavia ended up using some NATO equipment. --71.172.37.93 (talk) 01:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Moved from article page as it was not well integrated into the presentation - "(M56 is copy of German 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer not USA M101 but it use 105mm USA ammo)". Cheers, W. B. Wilson (talk) 05:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Moved from article page as it appears to be wrong - "Yugoslavia manufactured the M101 as the M-56, and 100 of these were inherited by Croatia." Jane's Armour and Artillery 1981-82 notes the M-56 is a copy of the German 10.5-cm M18/40, although the M-56 uses semi-fixed ammunition unlike the original German howitzer. Also, on the M-56 vs M-65 issue, JAA notes the M-65 was a copy of the U.S. M114 155-mm howitzer. Cheers, W. B. Wilson (talk) 05:44, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Related to that point, I notice the article is written in the past tense. This is inappropriate. I'll have to remember to come back and fix that when I get the chance!Nojamus (talk) 03:58, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Quite a lot of other weapon pages has procurement & operation section per each country. Also adding some historical background and information from the actual person involved is a worth noting. If there's nothing provided as citation to counterclaim the information written on the section, the tag will be removed. Kadrun (talk) 08:58, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For what my opinion is worth, the South Korea section is poorly written (grammar/idiom), contains unnecessary detail. It needs editing in place rather than being a burden on any other article. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:16, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Better, but still not good [enough]. Not idiomatically English yet. But without English language sources I can't tell what the content/meaning should be. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:42, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]