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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 326)
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France
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Heavy artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia commons) Balcer      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Location :
Finland Hameenlinna Finnish Artillery Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 61.00600 / Long : 24.45830
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
2
Items covered by this file : 2 |
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The first gun is equipped with wheel belts. It is a 1916 model with the transverse transport ring on the tube |
The second gun is an original 1878 version with the longitudinal transport ring |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     120 L Mle 1878 - 1878/16 | Origin :       ( Arsenaux de l'Etat)             ( Schneider )           | ||||
Historic context :
The captain de Bange proposed and received the French Army approbation, from 1877 to 1885, of a brand new artillery system whose calibers were ranging from 80 to 270 mm. These various weapons had in common a new tube design (jacketted barrel) and a brand new interrupted screw breech with a plastic material obturation system that limited the gaz leaks , therefore improving the propulsive charge efficiency. They were however mounted on static rigid carriages without recoil recuperating system, unless wooden ramps under the wheels, and very rarely an external hydraulic brake was added between the carriage and the wooden platform to help the returning into firing position. |
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