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The 75 mm gun M1916 was a US Army field artillery piece used during and after World War I. It was used as an anti-aircraft gun as well as a field piece. It originated as the 3-inch gun M1913, which was soon modified to the 3-inch gun M1916, which was later altered to the subject weapon. [2]
The total consumption of 75 mm shells at Verdun during the period February 21 to September 30, 1916, is documented by the public record at the Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre to have been in excess of 16 million rounds, or nearly 70% of all shells fired by French artillery during that battle. The French 75 was a devastating anti ...
75 mm howitzer of the 1st Airlanding Light Artillery Regiment in action in Italy. 75 mm pack howitzer on carriage M1, supplied to Chinese forces. Two major lend lease recipients of the M1 were United Kingdom (826 pack howitzers) and China (637 pack howitzers and 125 field howitzers). 68 pieces were supplied to France, and 60 to various ...
75 mm was one of the most popular calibres of the mid-20th Century, forming the basis for a number of excellent designs, especially light field howitzers. Pages in category "75 mm artillery" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
The M1897 guns used the same 75×350 mm R ammunition as the 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 tank guns of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, and 'gunship' version of the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. The M2 was a L/31 gun, the M1897 was L/36, and the M3 was L/40.
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 ...
The Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 was a French-designed field gun produced in Italy prior to World War I. [5] It was introduced in 1912, designed by Joseph-Albert Deport . It was taken into service by Italy for use with its Alpine and cavalry troops going into World War I, and was built there in large numbers.
in development as early as 1945, the French army requested a 75mm gun who was capable of 100 mm (3.9 in) of penetration against tank at a distance of 1,000 m (1,100 yd) and capable to use the WW2 ammunition. initially named in his early development the Cannon de 75 75/600, (named based on the caliber 75 mm (3.0 in) and velocity of 600 m/s ...