Talk:Canon de 75 modèle 1897

Serbia
Some 200-250 cannons were purchased by Kingdom of Serbia along with a licence to produce shells (shrapnell and HE). They were used with great success during the Balkan wars and WW1. During WW1 inadequate production capabilities forced Serbia to import shells from France and Greece. Timely arrival of theese in 1914. contributed to Serbian victory at Battle of Kolubara in 1914.

Veljko Stevanovich 2. 9. 2005.

Schneider
Is it Canon de 75 modele 1897 Schneider the same gun ? Bukvoed 20:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is --HH58 18:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC). No, for the Schneider 75 field gun came out much later ( in 1912 ) and it was distinctly different from the Mle 1897 Canon de 75. This is a commonly encountered confusion.


 * Changed Canon de 75 modele 1897 Schneider into redirect after merging. Balcer 18:47, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

WWII
use on AFVs in Second World War?

I have read, but cannot recall offhand the source material, that this design was adapted to be mounted in at least two American medium tanks of the Second World War, that a modified French 75mm howitzer was the original turret armament of the Sherman, and a similar gun, capable of using the same ammunition, was mounted in the hull of the earlier Grant medim tank. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.244.181 (talk) 03:49, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Last user
The army of Uruguay is probably the world's last user of the French 75. According to the official web site http://www.ejercito.mil.uy the 13th Armored Infantry Battalion is equipped with M24 Chaffee light tanks which are armed with a version of the French 75 known as the M6. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.213.109.90 (talk) 08:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

75mm gun in Battle of Westerplatte
The gun used on Westerplatte was a conwersion of the russian 76.2mm gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_divisional_gun_M1902). As mentioned in the note russian gun were rechambered to fire 75mm shells but it any case this was not a Modele 1897 gun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.5.36.229 (talk) 17:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Anti-aircraft
There's a brief mention of its use as an anti-aircraft weapon; what kind of shell did it fire in that role? There's a lot of copy-and-paste info about the gun's use as an AA weapon, but no-one seems to know whether it fired the timed shrapnel shell mentioned in the text, or something else. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:20, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

1917?
While it is true that the French did place too much faith in the 75, they most assuredly did not have to wait until 1917 for effective and modern heavy artillery pieces to enter service.--63.3.21.1 (talk) 22:01, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Second Boer War
I wonder if anyone can confirm if these were the Creusot 75mm guns that Piet Joubert bought for the Boer Republics for use in the Second Boer War (1898-1902). They also had some Krupp 75's as well.LameCat (talk) 19:59, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Malandrin disc
I think this subject should show up somewhere on en.wiki, and here might be a good place. Thoughts? Anmccaff (talk) 05:37, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Name
Also known as soixante qatre - seventy five -this is incorrect, means 65 92.19.197.60 (talk) 00:46, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Bridget
I believe the photo of "Bridget" shown on this page is not the same gun that fired the first American shot of WW1.

The "Bridget" pictured is in the collection at the Fort Lee, VA Ordinance Training Support Center. https://history.army.mil/museums/TRADOC/OrdnanceTrainingandHeritageCenter/index.html

The "Bridget" that fired the first shot is currently at West Point. https://history.army.mil/museums/TRADOC/OrdnanceTrainingandHeritageCenter/index.html 204.154.87.218 (talk) 15:35, 27 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Apologies, here's the West POint link: https://www.guns.com/news/2017/10/24/west-point-celebrates-first-shot-wwi-field-gun-at-100-photos 204.154.87.218 (talk) 15:36, 27 January 2023 (UTC)