Canon de 75 mle GP111

Infobox Weapon
name=Canon de 75 mle GP111


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|1390|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|2.806|m|in L/37.4
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=-8° to +35°
traverse=8°
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speed=The Canon de 75 mle GP111 was a field used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 236(b). This gun was nearly the equivalent of the German 7.5 cm FK 16 nA and apparently saw wider service than the other captured Belgian guns.

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