M2A1 105mm Howitzer Desert Diorama Exhibit New Orleans United States // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — An M2A1 105mm howitzer rests beneath camouflage netting within the immersive Desert War diorama at the Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries. Manufactured by the Rock Island Arsenal, this 4,980-pound artillery piece required an eight-man crew and could fire high-explosive shells at a maximum rate of ten rounds per minute. The weapon proved critical during the North African campaign, specifically in the defense of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, where US artillery units utilized it to break up A

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