It is a US 3 Inch M1902 or possibly M1905. These were used in the Mexican Expedition and for training state-side in WWI but were not used in Europe in WW1.
By the way, the wheels are wrong. They should be 57 inch Achiebald wheels.
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Ralph
-- Edited by Ralph Lovett on Sunday 29th of April 2012 07:06:56 PM
Ralph - is it the one that the U.S. tried to adapt for use during the War but couldn't perfect?
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I think the 3 inch M1916 may have been superceded by events - the US Army used the French 75m mle 1897 in France and the French gun was manufactured under licence in the US. There probably wasn't a lot to choose between the guns in terms of performance so the US Army probably went with what they were used to. The Wikipedia oracle notes the 3 inch M1916 was on inventory until 1942 and saw some use as an anti-aircraft gun.
The interwar US version of the Mle 1897 wound up looking a lot like the M1916 with split trails. At least the US got its money's worth out of the Mle 1897 - even appeared in modified form as the M3 tank gun in WW2.
