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The Canon de 75 M(montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider (75 mm mle.1919) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mountain gun
Mountain gun

Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for use during Mountain warfare. They are similar to infantry support guns, and are generally capable of being broken down into smaller loads ....
 designed as a replacement of the 65 mm mle 1906. The mle 1919 was manufactured
Manufacturing

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 by Schneider
Schneider

Schneider may refer to:...
 and used during World War II
World War II

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. For transport
Transport

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, the gun could be broken down into seven sections. This weapon was also used by Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, and Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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. When captured by the Germans
Nazi Germany

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, the French guns were designated 7.5cm GebK 237(f); the Yugoslav guns were designated 7.5cm GebK 283(j); and Polish guns were possibly designated as 7.5cm GebK M.19(p).






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The Canon de 75 M(montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider (75 mm mle.1919) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 mountain gun
Mountain gun

Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for use during Mountain warfare. They are similar to infantry support guns, and are generally capable of being broken down into smaller loads ....
 designed as a replacement of the 65 mm mle 1906. The mle 1919 was manufactured
Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machine, tool and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to Industry production, in which raw material are transformed into finished good on a large scale....
 by Schneider
Schneider

Schneider may refer to:...
 and used during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. For transport
Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of passenger and cargo from one location to another. Transport is performed by various modes of transport, such as aviation, rail transport, road transport, ship transport, cable transport, pipeline transport and space transport....
, the gun could be broken down into seven sections. This weapon was also used by Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, and Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918?1941....
. When captured by the Germans
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
, the French guns were designated 7.5cm GebK 237(f); the Yugoslav guns were designated 7.5cm GebK 283(j); and Polish guns were possibly designated as 7.5cm GebK M.19(p). (1 - p.16) The gun crew was protected by an armoured shield
Gun shield

A gun shield is a device designed to be mounted on a crew-served weapon such as a machine gun or artillery piece, sometimes improvised in the field in an ad hoc manner using salvaged materials, to protect the user from incoming fire while operating the weapon....
.

Specifications

  • Calibre: 75 mm (2.95 in)
  • Elevation
    Elevation (ballistics)

    In ballistics, the elevation is the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, Mortar or heavy artillery. Originally, elevation was a linear measure of how high the gunners had to physically lift the muzzle of a gun up from the gun carriage to hit targets at a certain distance....
    :     -10° to +40°
  • Muzzle velocity
    Muzzle velocity

    A gun muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. Muzzle velocities range from subsonic for some pistols to more than 1,800 m/s for tank guns firing kinetic energy penetrator ammunition....
    :     400 m/s (1,312 ft/s)
  • Range
    Range of a projectile

    In physics, a projectile launched with specific initial conditions in a uniform gravity field will have a predictable range. As in Trajectory of a projectile, we will use:...
    :     9,025 m (9,869 yds)
  • Combat weight: 660 kg
    Kilogram

    The kilogram or kilogrammeThe spelling kilogram is used by the International Committee for Weights and Measures and the U.S....
     (1,455 lbs)
  • Transport weight: 721 kg (1,589 lbs)
  • Shell weight: 6.33 kg (14 lbs)


See also

  • Artillery
    Artillery

    Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
  • List of artillery
    List of artillery

    A list of artillery catalogues types of weapons found in Artillery battery of national armed forces' artillery Military organization.Some weapons used by the infantry units, known as infantry support weapons, are often misidentified as artillery weapons because of their use and performance characteristics, sometimes known colloquially as th...