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French Round

jvollenberg

jvollenberg

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Here is a French round ... can anyone tell me anything about it?
Is the paint correct?

Length: 293-MM
Length W/O Adapter: 280-MM

Joe
 

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Top : 75mm model 1918 (FA is for Fonte Aciérée = cast steel) - correct paint
Bottom cutaway : 75mm model 1917.

75mm french.jpg
 
Here are pics of a French 155. Stated to be a 1917?

Length: 570-MM

Joe
 

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155mm model 1915 FA (fonte aciérée).
Very used (ww1 and ww2)

Pictures from your museum :

155 m15 FA.jpg155MM M15 FA 2.jpg


WW1 ARCHIVES

155mm 15 FA.jpg
 
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It looks repainted, but what puzzles me is the dates, how can it be made in 1917 and be of a later model: 1918? :stoned:


 
I think it's absolutely repainted, because they just copied the inscription from the manual...
As for the dates, those in the manual are just given as examples anyway, I don't think they thought too much about them making sense.
 
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