The M44 was a vehicle in service from 1954 to 1963 and was exported to West Germany, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Italy. It served in the Kurdish-Turkish Conflict. Its specifications included a weight of 62,500 pounds, a length of 20 feet, a width of 11 feet, a height of 10 feet, and a crew of 5 consisting of 2 loaders, a gunner, a driver, and a commander. It used separate-loading shells with a bagged charge. Its rate of fire was 1 round per minute, or 4 rounds per minute rapid. Its armor was 0.47 inch, its muzzle velocity was 1850 feet per second, its effective firing range was 9.1 miles, its fuel tank held 150 gallons, its operation range was 75 miles, its maximum speed was 35 miles per hour, its engine was a Continual AOS-895-3, and its armament included a 155 millimeter howitzer on an M45 mount and a caliber 50 Browning M2 machine gun.