11. The 104th Field Artillery on Eniwetok and the 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer Battalions on Japtan provided additional fire support. 12. In Commonwealth service, the gun was known simply as the " L5 pack howitzer " with L10 ordnance. 13. The backup 11th A / B pack howitzers in Laguna, area was to bombard the road towards Los Ba�os. 14. The incoming mortar and 75-mm . pack howitzer rounds hit the artillery base and made it more inefficient. 15. At the same time their 3.7 inch Howitzers were replaced by the newer American 75 mm Pack Howitzer . 16. Major Hewitt Adams led an infantry platoon supported by two pack howitzers from the lagoon into the Japanese positions to complete the encirclement. 17. A Special Forces rescue team of 70 was infiltrated from the Mekong, with a 75mm pack howitzer and a 4.2 inch mortar. 18. The defenders of Biazza Ridge managed to capture two 75-mm pack howitzers , which they turned into direct fire weapons to defend the ridge. 19. This has led to a great increase in firepower compared to the previously used OTO Melara Mod 56 pack howitzer , but also reduced their versatility. 20. In 1965, a general staff requirement was approved for a new 105 mm weapon system because the pack howitzer " lacked range and lethality ".
