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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 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.
The French Navy adopted the 75 mm modèle 1897 for its coastal batteries [31] and warships [32] The 75 mm modèle 1897–1915 [33] was placed on SMCA modèle 1925 mountings with a vertical elevation of -10 to +70° and a 360° rotation. This allowed it to be used in an anti-aircraft role. New 75 mm guns were developed specifically for anti ...
In US service the mle 1897 was given the designation 75 mm gun M1897. [3] There were 480 American 75 mm field gun batteries (over 1,900 guns) on the battlefields of France in November 1918. [ 4 ] American industry began building the mle 1897 in the spring of 1918, but only 143 American-built guns had been shipped to France by 11 November 1918 ...
Schneider 75mm M1915; Van Deuren 70mm M1915 [5] British Empire. Lee-Enfield Magazine Mark I* rifle ("long Tom") Edged weapons. Kukri knife (Used by Gurkha regiments)
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.
75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 mm modèle 1924 France: World War II 75 mm (3.0 in) 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 Russian Empire: Russo-Japanese War - World War II 75 mm (3.0 in) Bofors 75 mm naval anti air gun L/50 Sweden: Interwar - World War II 75 mm (3.0 in) Bofors 75 mm naval anti air gun L/55 Sweden: Interwar - World War II
A revised version of this gun was released as the Škoda 75 mm Model 1928. The Germans bought some guns during World War I, but used them as infantry guns in direct support of the infantry, as their light weight would allow them to move with the infantry. They complained that the guns were too fragile and didn't have a high enough muzzle ...