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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 874)

75mm fieldgun M 1916

USA
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Ordnance Museum

Coordinates : Lat : 39.49200 / Long : -76.14170

General comments on this surviving gun :

The extraordinary tanks and artillery collections of the Aberdeen Proving Groun unhopefully has been scattered amongst several othe US sites. The new location of this particular gun is not known to me.

Identical items in the same location : 1
Items covered by this file : 1

This gun tires is a proof of a use posterior to the WW1. Tube markings : 'The Symington-Anderson Co - 1918 - 764Lbs - Nr 786 M.J.L.'

Rear view. Breech markings : '75mm Field Gun Model 1916 - M III'. The carriage is numbered 3014, in 1919. See the double recoil system.

Rear view on the split tail, one of the ambitious caracteristics of this gun.

Historic and technical information



USA	75mm fieldgun M 1916				Light artillery

Contributor : Bernard Plumier http://www.passioncompassion1418.com Lien vers post du blog		Location : USA Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Ordnance Museum Coordinates : Lat : 39.49200 / Long : -76.14170		General comments on this surviving gun : The extraordinary tanks and artillery collections of the Aberdeen Proving Groun unhopefully has been scattered amongst several othe US sites. The new location of this particular gun is not known to me. Identical items in the same location : 1 Items covered by this file : 1


This gun tires is a proof of a use posterior to the WW1. Tube markings : 'The Symington-Anderson Co - 1918 - 764Lbs - Nr 786 M.J.L.'		Rear view. Breech markings : '75mm Field Gun Model 1916 - M III'. The carriage is numbered 3014, in 1919. See the double recoil system.		Rear view on the split tail, one of the ambitious caracteristics of this gun.

Historic and technical information
Denomination : 75 M 1916			Origin : ( US Ordn. Dpt) ( USA )
Historic context : When they purchased state-of-the-art fieldguns from Rheinmetall in 1902, and then started to build them in their country under license (‘3-in Field Gun M1902’), the USA were obviously intending to get experienced with the technology, in order to improve it and design their own gun. As per this plan, engineering of a brand new 3 inches fieldgun began in 1912, and the future weapon already received a ‘model of 1916’ name, corresponding to the aimed completion date. Unhopefully, with a specification gathering all of the best practices from these times (recoil system, quick-action breech, split tail, etc...), the design is a very ambitious task... too ambitious ? As a consequence, design mistakes are happening, the engineering is laborious, and moreover the collaboration with the Army is insufficient, so that in 1916, there are still a lot of unsolved issues that prevent this gun from being industrialized... Another year will be needed to fix them and launch the manufacturing, only to realize that this weapon was so sophisticated and complex that it was almost impossible to manufacture, and that numerous modifications were still needed ! Meanwhile, the USA was engaged in the WW1, and were equipped with performant 75mm French fieldguns (an this gave way to a request to change the caliber of the unlucky 3-inch FieldGun M1916 into a ‘75mm FieldGun M1916’, inducing new delays...), and no-one had really a lot of time to sacrify to this badly born gun, that never took part to the war. Finally built after the end of WW1, its performances were quipe disappointing, and it will not participate to the WW2 neither !			Technical data : Complete description : *75 mm fieldgun model 1916* Design year : 1916 Calibre : 75.00 mm Weight in firing position : 1380 kg Weight for transportation : Tube length in calibres : 28.40 Grooves : 0 unknown Projectile weight : 6.12 kg Initial speed : 600 to 630 m/s Fire rate : Range : 8800 to 11400 m Elevation range : -5 to +53 degrees Direction range : 45 degrees range
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