Year | 1919 |
Weapon Type | Light Field Gun |
Origin & Designer | Germany-Belgium/Krupp-Cockerill |
Numbers Produced | 318 |
Crew | 7 |
Calibre | 75mm (75x279R) |
Elevation | -8° to +35° |
Traverse | 8° |
Breech | Horizontal Sliding Block |
Recoil | Hydrospring |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Box Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 4mm |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 2.806mm (L/37.3) |
Overall Length | [@length] |
Width | [@width] |
Height | [@height] |
Weight | Weight in Traction: 2.337 kg Weight in Action: 1.390 kg
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Round Weight | 6.59 kg (HE) |
Muzzle Velocity | 579 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 12 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | [@maximum_rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Ceiling | [@maximum_ceiling] |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | 11.000m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Horse Drawn (Six Horses) or Motorised |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The Canon de 75 GP III was originally a German 7.7cm FK 16 with a 7.5cm sleeve inserted. This practice was done to three types of artillery which were given over to Belgian army by the Germans in the way of war reparations. These were the GP I, GP II and GP III. The GP III seems to have been the most numerous of these three conversions and was issued to artillery regiments located in Infantry Divisions and Cavalry divisions. |