Canon de 75 mle GP1

Infobox Weapon
name=Canon de 75 mle GP1


caption=
origin=Belgium
type=field gun
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=
is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=1919?-1945
used_by=flag|Belgium
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War II
designer=Cockerill
design_date=
manufacturer=Cockerill
production_date=
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weight=convert|2337|kg|lb (travelling)
length=
part_length=convert|2.625|m|in L/35
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=convert|6.125|kg|lb
caliber=75 mm (2.95 in)
action=
rate=
velocity=579 m/s (1,899 ft/s)
range=
max_range=convert|11000|m|yd
feed=
sights=
breech=
recoil=
carriage=box trail
elevation=-13° to +42°
traverse=3°
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speed=The Canon de 75 mle GP1 was a field used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 10.5 cm leFH 16 howitzer carriages received as reparations after World War I. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 233(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