Canon de 75 mle TR

The Canon de 75 modèle 1905 à tir rapide (abbreviated to Canon de 75 mle TR) was a field gun used by Belgium during World War I and World War II.

Canon de 75 modèle 1905 à tir rapide
TypeField gun
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1905?-1945
Used by Belgium
 Nazi Germany
 Hungary
WarsWorld War I, World War II
Production history
DesignerKrupp
ManufacturerFonderie Royale des Canons
Produced1905?-1914
Specifications
Mass1,190 kilograms (2,620 lb)
Length2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)[1]
Barrel length1.7445 m (5 ft 9 in) L/30

ShellFixed QF 75 x 280 R
6.52 kilograms (14.4 lb)[2]
Caliber75 mm (2.95 in)
BreechHorizontal sliding-block
RecoilHydro-spring
CarriagePole trail
Elevation-10° to +21°
Traverse6° 32'
Muzzle velocity540 m/s (1,771 ft/s)
Maximum firing range9,900 metres (10,800 yd)
Canon de 75 mle TR at the Site Gunfire Brasschaat-Museum in Brasschaat, Belgium
Canon de 75 mle TR at the Site Gunfire Brasschaat-Museum in Brasschaat, Belgium

It was a license-built copy of the Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903. Production continued during World War I until the Germans overran the factory in 1914.

After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated this as the 7.5 cm FK 235(b), armed occupation forces in Belgium with them and handed some over to the Hungarians.

Notes

  1. Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Light and medium field artillery. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. ISBN 0668038209. OCLC 2067331.
  2. "Krupp 75mm 1904_Romania". www.bulgarianartillery.it. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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


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