Canon de 75 mle TR
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Canon de 75 mle TR | |
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Type | Field gun |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1905?-1945 |
Used by | Belgium Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War I, World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Manufacturer | Fonderie Royale des Canons |
Produced | 1905?-1914 |
Specifications | |
Weight | 1,190 kilograms (2,620 lb) |
Barrel length | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). L/30 |
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Shell | 6.52 kilograms (14.4 lb) |
Caliber | 75 mm (2.95 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding block |
Recoil | hydro-spring |
Carriage | pole trail |
Elevation | -10° to +21° |
Traverse | 6° 32' |
Muzzle velocity | 540 m/s (1,771 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 9,900 metres (10,800 yd) |
The Canon de 75 mle TR was a field gun used by Belgium during World War I and World War II. It was a license-built copy of the Krupp M 1905 gun. Production continued during World War I until the Germans overran the factory in 1914. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated this as the 7.5 cm FK 235(b) and armed occupation forces in Belgium with them.
References
- 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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