They arrived too late to be used in that war but were designated "75 K/17 " and after necessary overhaul were used in the Continuation War from 1941, and many continued in use for training until the 1990s. Greek service The gun entered in Greek service during the Greco-Italian war of 1940–1941. Greece requested aid from the US and Britain, which in part came in the form of the British 75 mm field gun. A total of 24 by the US in March and 50 by Britain in January 1941 were offered. Of those, 24 were sent from Britain, but only 18 arrived in January 1941 to Greece. The rest of the offered guns were either sunk or never loaded on ships due to the fall of Greece in April 1941. The 18 that arrived to Greece were in need of maintenance before being pressed into service. Ultimately 4 guns saw service with the 19th Field Artillery Battalion, and 12 guns with the B3 Field Artillery Battalion. United States and Philippine service 174 M1917s were sent to the US and Philippine Army and participated in the Philippines Campaign where all were lost. Another 48 were still at sea and diverted to Java and served in the Java Campaign where they were lost. See also United States home front during World War I Ordnance QF 18 pounder List of field guns Surviving examples "Minnie" is displayed at the United States Army Ordnance Museum, MD Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England The Central Museum of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, CFB Shilo, Manitoba, Canada US Army Artillery Museum, Ft Sill, OK, USA References Bibliography "Handbook of Artillery". US Ordnance Department. Document No. 2033. July 1921 Sevellon Brown, The Story of Ordnance in the World War. Washington: James William Bryan Press, 1920 Herbert T Wade, United States Army Ordnance Dept, "Handbook of ordnance data". Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919 External links Handbook of the 75-mm gun matériel, model of 1917 (British) United States War Department Forms (of Ordnance, many guns manuals) World War I artillery of the United States World War II artillery of the United Kingdom World War II artillery of Finland Weapons of the Philippine Army 75 mm artillery Field guns World War II artillery of Greece