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Canon de 75 mle GP1

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Canon de 75 mle GP I
TypeField gun
Place of originBelgium
Service history
In service1919?-1945
Used by Belgium
 Nazi Germany
WarsWorld War II
Production history
DesignerCockerill
ManufacturerCockerill
Specifications
Mass2,337 kg (5,152 lb) (traveling)
Barrel length2.625 m (8 ft 7.3 in) L/35

ShellFixed QF 75 x 150mm R
Shell weight6.125 kg (13 lb 8 oz)[1]
Caliber75 mm (2.95 in)
CarriageBox trail
Elevation-13° to +42°
Traverse
Muzzle velocity579 m/s (1,899 ft/s)
Maximum firing range11 km (6.8 mi)

The Canon de 75 mle GP I was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 10.5 cm leFH 16 howitzer carriages received as reparations after World War I. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 233(b) and used them to equip occupation units in Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ "75-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES". quarryhs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  • Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Light and Medium Field Artillery. New York: Arco, 1975
  • Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3