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