Canon de 75 mle GP II
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| Canon de 75 mle GP II | |
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| 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 | |
| Weight | 1,510 kilograms (3,330 lb) |
| Barrel length | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). L/37.4 |
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| Shell | 6.125 kilograms (13.50 lb) |
| 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 | 11,000 metres (12,000 yd) |
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.
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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