The OTO-Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO Melara. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition.
Italian mountain artillery troops with a Mod 56 in the Dolomites
A L5 Pack Howitzer formerly used by the New Zealand Army on display as part of a war memorial in Clyde, New Zealand
L5 Pack Howitzer of 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery during the Aden Emergency
OTO Melara was a subsidiary of the Italian company Finmeccanica, today Leonardo, active in the defence sector, with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. The Mod 56 pack howitzer, in service throughout the world, and the 76mm naval gun, adopted by 53 navies and installed on over 1,000 naval vessels, are among OTO Melara's best known weapons since World War II.
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