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03-10-09, 00:12
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Can anyone ID this Artillery Gun
photo of a large British gun left for the Germans in 1940. photo from my collection.
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03-10-09, 14:15
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It is a French 155mm Gun GPF. The americans were also using the same type of gun early in the war, some of which were mounted on the M12 GMC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_155mm_GPF Last edited by John McGillivray; 03-10-09 at 18:10.
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03-10-09, 20:02
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big gun
was watching the film Battle of the Bulge again today and the Americans where moving a similar weapon on rail flatcars...so Ill plump for 155mm regards malcolm
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04-10-09, 15:31
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Gun ID
Thanks for the info. on the back of the photo the German wrote it was british Glad he was wrong
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Keith
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04-10-09, 21:27
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gun I.D.
germans are nothing but thorough...he was most likely right...as it may have been manufactured here in the UK under license...regards malcolm
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