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The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9086 in Torrington, Connecticut, presented the City of Torrington's All Veterans Memorial with an M114A2 medium towed 155mm howitzer in 1995. This field artillery weapon had a maximum range of 30,000 meters and a maximum rate of fire of four rounds per minute. Its carriage was manufactured by Lufkin Foundry and Machine Co. in 1944, and its barrel was mechanized recoil M6A2 from Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. A military 1-1/2 up to 5 ton truck towed it along with a gun crew of six for fire missions.
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