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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: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897 . It was commonly known as the French 75 , simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "seventy-five").
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.
Pages in category "75 mm artillery" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. ... 75 mm gun M1916; 75 mm gun M1917; 75 mm kanon M/05; 75 mm ...
The 75mm pack howitzer M1 (redesignated the M116 in 1962) was a pack howitzer artillery piece used by the United States. Designed to be moved across difficult terrain, gun and carriage could be broken down into several pieces to be carried by pack animals.
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 ...
Bofors 75 mm and Bofors 80 mm were two closely related designs of anti-aircraft and general-purpose artillery. Less well known than the 40 mm quick-firing AA gun, the gun was nevertheless adopted by armed forces of numerous countries during World War II, including Argentina, China, Dutch East Indies, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Persia and Thailand. [1]
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 ...
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.