Canon de 75 mle GP111
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The Canon de 75 mle GP111 was a field gun used by Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 during World War II. Cockerill
Cockerill
Cockerill is a surname, and may refer to:Sport and sportsmen*Glenn Cockerill, English football manager*John Cockerill , British football player*Kay Cockerill, American golfer*Mike Cockerill, Australian football journalist...

 mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16
7.7 cm FK 16
The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. Surviving examples in German service were rebarreled postwar as the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA .-History:...

 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition. After 1940, the Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...

 designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 236(b). This gun was nearly the equivalent of the German 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
7.5 cm FK 16 nA
The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber...

and apparently saw wider service than the other captured Belgian guns.
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