Canon de 75 mle GP III

Canon de 75 mle GPIII
In Belgrade military museum
Type	field gun
Place of origin	Belgium
Service history
In service	1919?-1945
Used by	Belgium Nazi Germany
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Cockerill
Manufacturer	Cockerill
Specifications
Weight	1,390 kilograms (3,060 lb)
Barrel length	2.806 metres (9 ft 2 in) L/37.4

Shell	6.125 kilograms (13.50 lb)
Caliber	75 mm (2.95 in)
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-8° to +35°
Traverse	8°
Muzzle velocity	579 m/s (1,899 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	11,000 metres (12,000 yd)

The Canon de 75 mle GPIII was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 236(b). This gun was nearly the equivalent of the German 7.5 cm FK 16 nA and apparently saw wider service than the other captured Belgian guns.

References

Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Light and Medium Field Artillery. New York: Arco, 1975
Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3

World War II Weapons and equipment of Belgium

Light Tanks	Renault FT T-15 Light tank

Medium Tanks	AMC-35/ACG-1

Tank Destroyers	T-13 tank destroyer SA F.R.C. 47mm

Tracked vehicles	Familleureux/Vickers Utility Tractor A/B Vickers Carden Loyd 1934 artillery tractor

Half-tracks	FN-Kégresse 3T

Armoured Cars	Berliet 4x4 VUDB model 1929 Ford/Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car GMC 28

Cavalry motorcycles	Saroléa FN (motorcycle) Gillet Herstal

Anti-tank guns	47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun

Artillery	Canon de 75 modèle 1897 Canon de 75 mle GP I Canon de 75 mle GP II Canon de 75 mle GP III Canon de 75 mle TR Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 Canon de 76 FRC Ob105 GP 105mm Canon de 120mm L mle 1931 BL 60-pounder gun 15 cm Kanone 16 Canon de 155mm GPF 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"

Anti-Aircraft Artillery	Bofors 40 mm gun C75 M27/M34/M36 75 mm CA Mle 17 Canon de 90 mm A.A.

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