Photo by Jim Bender, 2024

Designation: 3in Anti-Tank Gun M5
Model: 3in Anti Tank Gun M5A1
Identification No: 0576


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Corps
Built at: Vilter Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Year : 1943
Gun
Model: M5
s/n:576
Mfr: Vilter Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
year: 1943
Recoil Mechanism
Model: M9A1
s/n:405
Mfr: Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal Island, Illinois,
year: 1943
Item Category: Artillery, Towed, Anti-tank

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government


Comments: modified into saluting gun




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Ansel M Stroud Jr History and Weapons Museum
6400 Saint Claude Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lat/Long29.9603194-90.0054167 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

https://geauxguardmuseums.com/

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Last update to record: 2025-10-31

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