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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 485)
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Italy
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com
Alain Bohée      Jean-Luc Kaluzko      |
Location :
France La Pompelle (51) Musée du Fort
Coordinates :
Lat : 49.21660 / Long : 4.12890
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
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Items covered by this file : 1 |
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Damaged item, the wheels are most probably not from WW1 era. Like several of this museum other artillery weapons' it looks like this Italian gun has been used during WW2 |
Rear view. Markings : 'ARMSTRONG POZZUOLI - anno1918-n°16992-315Ko - affusto n°016356/DA.75/1906' |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     75 mod. 06 | Origin :       ( Krupp)             ( O.T.O. )             ( Ansaldo ) | ||||
Historic context :
At the start of the XXth century, italy did not have industries able to design modern artillery weapons. The italian army started anyhow the study of a new 75mm fieldgun of its own design' but soon understood the gun being developed was already obsolete even before the start of its manufacturing. |
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