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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 417)
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France
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Mountain artillery
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Contributor :
gege83     
Alain Bohée      Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com |
Location :
France Draguignan (83) Musée de l'Artillerie
Coordinates :
Lat : 43.52690 / Long : 6.49790
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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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Unknown markings |
Front view |
The same gun in a new presentation with a fuze setting device on the trail |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     65 montagne Mle 1906 | Origin :       ( Arsenaux de l'Etat)             ( Schneider )           | ||||
Historic context :
At the start of the 20th century, modernisation of the French artillery is at full speed and reaches the mountain guns in 1906, with the incoming of the 'canon de montagne de 65 mm Mle 1906 Schneider-Ducrest' named from the manufacturer and the designer, that was meant to replace the old de Bange 80 mm Mle 1878 / 1881 mountain gun.
It is important to mention anyhow that the genuine inventor of this 'launch' technique was the Lieutenant-Colonel Deport, one of the main actors of the design of the famous 75 Mle 1897. It is after his demission from the French army and joining the private Compagnie de Châtillon-Commentry that he designed this innovative technique that was later copied by the French army arsenals... 160 such 65mm Mle 1906 guns had been produced before 1914, and the manufacturing restarted during the WW1. 96 were still in service at the war end. This gun was later used by Germans during WW1. |
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