Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war trophies ... I think it’s a 15-centimetre field howitzer,” said James Calhoun, archivist and curator for the Seaforth ...

The M198 155mm howitzer is a towed field artillery piece of a split trail carriage design. The M198 is equipped with a double baffle muzzle brake and a variable length hydropneumatic recoil mechanism.