The Canon de 75 mle GP II was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 gun carriages received as reparations after World War I. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 234(b) and used them to equip occupation units in Belgium.
| Canon de 75 mle GP II | |
|---|---|
| Type | Field gun |
| Place of origin | Belgium |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1919?-1945 |
| Used by |  Belgium Nazi Germany |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Cockerill |
| Manufacturer | Cockerill |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2,477 kg (5,461 lb) (travelling) 1,510 kg (3,330 lb) (combat) |
| Barrel length | 2.806 m (9 ft 2.5 in) L/37.4 |
| Shell | Fixed QF 75 x 150mm R |
| Shell weight | 6.125 kg (13 lb 8 oz)[1] |
| Caliber | 75 mm (2.95 in) |
| Carriage | Box trail |
| Elevation | -7° to +43° |
| Traverse | 8° |
| Muzzle velocity | 579 m/s (1,899 ft/s) |
| Maximum firing range | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
References
edit- ^ "75-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES". www.quarryhs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- 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
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