Fort Sill, OKLAHOMA - Battery of 4.7-Inch Guns on the March For Sale

Fort Sill, OKLAHOMA - Battery of 4.7-Inch Guns on the March: The 4.7-inch gun M1906 (initially the M1904) was designed and issued by the United States Army Ordnance Department beginning in 1906, with the first units receiving the weapon in 1911. It was of the field gun type. It was one of very few pre-war US artillery designs selected for wartime production in World War I, although (as with most of these projects) few of these weapons were delivered to France and used in action. A combination of a limited pre-war munitions industry, the short (19-month) US participation in the war, technical problems with large-scale production, and the ready availability of munitions overseas led to this. The card\'s reverse informs that the picture of \"a battery of 4.6-inch guns on the march, taken just as they had forded a stream near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In the old regime these guns required eight horses per gun, as shown, but these batteries are now being \'motorized\' as rapidly as possible…\" This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition but there is some creasing and a small tear to the card\'s lower left corner, Photo International Film Service. Published by American Colortype Co. Chicago. No. 25.