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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 874)
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USA
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com
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Location :
USA Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Ordnance Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 39.49200 / Long : -76.14170
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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 :
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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. |
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Historic and technical information
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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. |
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