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The French artillery entered the war in August 1914 with more than 4,000 Mle 1897 75 mm field guns (1,000 batteries of four guns each). Over 17,500 Mle 1897 75 mm field guns were produced during World War I, over and above the 4,100 French 75s which were already deployed by the French Army in August 1914.
Large numbers of 75 mm guns were captured by Germany after the French defeat in 1940. Guns in German service were called: 7.5 cm FK 97(f) - These were un-modernized mle 1897 guns. Some were sold to Axis satellites, some were converted to 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 anti-tank guns and others were integrated into Atlantic Wall defenses. [7]
The US decided early in World War I to switch from 3-inch (76 mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field guns. Its preferred gun for re-equipment was the French 75 mm Model of 1897, but early attempts to produce it in the US using US commercial mass-production techniques failed, partly due to delays in obtaining necessary French plans, and then their being incomplete or inaccurate, and partly because ...
75 mm field gun. Add languages. Add links. Article; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 75 mm field gun can refer to: French Canon de 75 modèle 1897;
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The Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider was a light field gun used by the French Army of World War I.It was created by modifying an export-model field gun built by Schneider et Cie at Le Creusot to fire shells from the family of 75mm artillery ammunition used by the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 and the Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider.
The armament of the French field artillery in 1914 consisted almost entirely of one gun model, the 75 mm model 1897: the total allocation was 4,986 75 mm guns, of which 3,680 were part of the battle corps deployed in France [80] and 364 were in the fortifications (the other 75 mm guns were used for training, in the colonies or in the reserves ...
On 18 January 1934, the conversion kit for existing guns was standardized, and modernized guns were given the designations "75 mm field gun M1897A1," "75 mm field gun M1897A2," "75 mm field gun M1897A3," and "75 mm field gun M1897A4." The M1897A2 had an autofretted barrel, no barrel jacket, and 156° vs 120° breech mechanism. The M1897A3 and ...