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Pages in category "World War I mortars of France" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The ARL 44s equipped the 503e Régiment de Chars de Combat stationed in Mourmelon-le-Grand and replaced seventeen Panther tanks used earlier by that unit.Later, AMX-50 tank series will be introduced under rarely-known project 141, which developed around the same time when the Pacific campaign was still underway by spring or summer of 1945 ...
Pages in category "Mortars of France" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar;
French 240 mm. W L Ruffel, French Mortars of WW1; List and pictures of World War I surviving 240 LT mortars; US 240 mm. The US manuals for the mortar appear to be based on French manuals e.g. the soldiers depicted are in French uniform. "Handbook of the 9.45-inch trench mortar matériel" United States Ordnance Department. December 1917.
The Mortier de 150 mm T Modèle 1917 Fabry was the standard French heavy trench mortar of World War I. It remained in service through 1940, with some 1,159 available during the Phony War . The tube was supported by two recoil-recuperators in a flask-rocker assembly that was mounted on a platform with six fixed spades.
The mortars could also be transferred to 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge rail wagons for the final leg to their firing positions. [4] These narrow gauge tracks were also used to re-position the mortars and bring up their ammunition and supplies. Site preparation needed up to 15 men directed by 2 officers and took 7-8 hours.
The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War.. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Western Front prevailed during most of the Great War.
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...