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French 75mm gun and limber
Images copyright © Graham K Cook. Click on the entry for a larger version
Description
This important field gun was introduced in 1897 and was the standard French fieldpiece into the 1930's. It played an important role in the German defeat at Verdun in 1916 and could fire a 7.2kg shell a maximum of 6850 metres.
Location
Imperial War Museum, London, England. October 2003.
