Canon de 75 modèle 1897
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The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Canon de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze. The French 75 was designed as an anti-personnel weapon system for delivering large volumes of time-fused shrapnel shells on enemy troops advancing in the open. After 1915 and the onset of trench warfare, impact-detonated high-explosive shells prevailed. By 1918, the 75 became the main agents of delivery for toxic gas shells. The 75s also became widely used as truck mounted anti-aircraft artillery. They were the main armament of the Saint-Chamond tank in 1918 and the Char 2C.
1898
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75 mm field gun Model 1897; Canon de 75 modèle 1897; Canone de 75 Mle 1897; French 75; Gun, Towed, 75 mm, Mle 1897; Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897
mass 1160 kilogram, length 2700 millimetre, speed 529 metre per second,
Puteaux, France, French Third Republic,
7.7 cm FK 16, 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A., 75 mm field gun, field gun, M3 Gun Motor Carriage,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
Nos deux merveilles, un avion de retour d'une reconnaissance passant au-dessus d'un (canon de) 75 allant prendre position - btv1b531157200

