by George Grasse

HINCHLIFFE HCG043 54mm METAL KIT OF THE FRENCH "75" or "SOIXANTE-QUINZE" CANNON

 

FRENCH CANON DE 75mm MOD�LE 1897

This image by the French artist N. Berauil was taken from Les Canons de la Victoire 1914-1918, Volume 1 (see Bibliography), and shows a French "75" battery in action in the early days of World War 1.  The gun was a revolutionary field artillery piece when introduced in 1897 and was still a superior weapon although the other major powers had caught up the British 18-Pounder Quick Firing Gun and the German Krupp 77mm Field Piece.  These guns were the standard equipment for divisional artillery batteries.

 

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REFERENCES:

Hogg, Ian V.  Allied Artillery of World War One.  Ramsbury, UK:  The Crowwood Press, Ltd., 1998.

Touzin, Pierre, and Francois Vauvillier.  Les Canons de la Victoire 1914-1918, Tome 1: L'Artillerie de Campagne.  Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2009.

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