Places, Earth Wahner E. Brooks Historical Exhibit

Wahner E. Brooks Historical Exhibit

Looking into the exhibit from the parking area.

Rocket launchers and tanks arrainged about the desert.

The site. The plaque decscribes Camp Laguna, one of many World War II desert traing camps.

Row of guns and rockets.

Row of tanks.

M386 at left and M107 at right.

Guns arrainged about the desert.

Guns, tanks, and rockets arrainged about the desert.

M17B1 105mm_Self Propelled Howitzer, standard SP howitzer used in World War II.

M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier. This lightweight armored personnel carrier was used in air-drop and amphibious operations. Used in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

M103 Combat Tank with 120-mm Gun. This heavy tank carried a 120-mm gun and provided greater maneuverability. It weighs 120,000 pounds.

M107 175MM Self Propelled Howitzer. The 175 mm 174 pound projectile fired by this gun was tested at Yuma Proving Ground and could travel about 20 miles. It was used for long range fire during the Vietnam war. The large spade on the rear was used to absorb and direct the recoil.

M107 Self Propelled Howitzer. This Vietnam War era vehicle was developed on a chassis design that was also used on other vehicles.

M4A3 Sherman Tank. This tank was manufactured at the Grand Blanc Tank factory in Lima, Ohio in April 1944. The hull carries number S50232 with the origial registration number W-3082829.

The tank has wet storage for ammunition in which rounds were stored in water jackets which would reduce the chance of combustion in the event if penetration by enemy fire. It has a 75 mm gun but was originally equipped with two 30 caliber air cooled Browning machine guns and a 50 caliber M2 heavy barreled machine gun above the turret. This individual has a M1 dozer blade. There are also repaired holes in the body to testify to its combat experience,

M42A2" Duster" Antiaircraft, Artillery, Self-Propelled Twin 40 mm guns. A lightly armored mobile antiaircraft and ground support weapons platform mounted on a tank chassis. Saw extensive action in Vietnam.

The M47 Medium Tank was the second in the series of Patton tanks, developed as an interim design using a newly designed turret and 90 mm gun on the chassis of a M46 tank. As soon as production began on the M47, the M48 was developed to repalce it. Several components of the tank, gun, and ammunition were tested at Yuma Proving Ground.

M551Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle. This vehicle combines the abilities of light reconnaissance and airbone assault. It is armed with a 152 mm gun launcher capable of firing a conventional 152 mm shell or a Shilelagh surface guided missles. These vehicles were used extensively in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

M7B1 105mm Self Propelled Howitzer. This is a standard Self Propelled Howitzer used by U.S.Army and Allied forces during World War II.

Sergeant York 40MM Anti-Aircraft Weapons System, experimental.

Sergeant York 40MM Anti-Aircraft Weapons System, experimental.

M60 Main Battle Tank. This was the forth in a series of"Patton" tanks. The M60 was the primary tank for the Army and Marines for most of the Cold War era and saw limitted service during Operation Desert Storm. The tank and the 105mm ammunition was extensively tested at Yuma Proving Ground.

M728 Combat Engineering Vehicle.

M728 Combat Engineering Vehicle.

M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle, used Korean War era, used to support testing in the Cold War era.

M101 105MM Towed Howitzer, a light howitzer designed in 1928. Used in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

M114 155MM Towed Howitzer, used in World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.

M115 8inch Towed Howitzer, based on a pre-World War II carriage.

M2A1 40mm Anti-Aircraft Gun, used at Yuma Proving Ground to test fuses and projectiles.

M386, Launcher and 762mm /rocket - Truck Mounted. This is a self propelled launching base for a surface-to-surface, large caliber, fin-stabilized, free flight rocketThe launcher is mounted on a M139C truck chassis, equipped with a manual traversing mechanism, and powered and manual elevating mechanism.

M386, Launcher and 762mm /rocket - Truck Mounted.

M386, Launcher and 762mm /rocket

XM204 105mm_Towed Howitzer. Experimental Howitzer used to test 105mm ammunition.

This Honest John Rocket sits on a pad toward the back right corner.

M91 115/4.5 inch Towed Multiple Rocket Launcher. This launcher was used at Yuma Proving Ground to test 115 mm rockets and related equipment.

XM51 (MGR-3A) Little John Rocket. This was a smaller companion to the Honest John (shown above). It was the Army's smallest nuclear capable rocket and was used in the Army's Airborne Division. It was also air-droppable. This system was tested at Yuma Proving Ground from 1958-1959.

The Information Kiosk has four exhibites on, Early History (10,000 B.C. - A.D. 1800), Mining (1858-Present), Camp Laguna (1943-1945), and U.S. Army Proving Ground.

Looking southwest into the desert.

Desert flowers.

Ocotillo.

Desert plants.

Desert plants.

Desert plants.

This page last updated: Friday, 21-Jan-2011 22:30:38 EST

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