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5 unusual facts about Canon de 75 modèle 1897


Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

The argument is thus made that the document was designed to prevent the Germans from discovering the development of the French 75.

French 75

The Canon de 75 modèle 1897, an innovative design that introduced, for the first time in field artillery history, a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism keeping the gun stable during firing and thus permitting high rates of accurate shell delivery.

Greece in the Balkan Wars

Recently reorganized by a French military mission, the army was equipped with the Mannlicher-Schönauer rifle, and French artillery guns, chiefly the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 and the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun.

Nieuport 12

This aircraft was donated to the Canadian Dominion Archive along with a Canon de 75 modèle 1897 cannon and an extensive collection of propaganda posters by the French Government in 1916 and was used for war bond drives until the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in it being placed in storage until the Royal Canadian Air Force tried to convert it into an RFC example for display.

Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship

Tom's invention is similar to the recoil system used in the French 75mm field gun.



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