Heavy Field Gun Battery

*Heavy Breathing into a gas mask*

There isn't a problem on this Earth that cannot be solved with the suitable application of high explosives and the US Army has become very good at utilizing them. While the standard 3 inch field guns derived from the 75mm french modèle 1897 have proved lethally effective against the fortifications and tripods of the invaders, as the Great Martian War has raged on, a larger gun was greatly desired. As such the United States began actively expanding its inventory of 6 inch Howitzers like the Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881 again from France. While these guns pose a significant challenge to the Logicians of the Transportation branch, there awesome power on the battlefield more than makes up for it.

The shells fired by the 6 inch howitzer are too heavy for traditional gun team to load and fire at anything approaching an acceptable rate of fire for the long duration required by modern battles and instead must be loaded by mechanical hoist. The big guns have proved vital to siege operations both against Martian Redoubts and defending the vital cites along the Mississippi river.