Schneider Canon de 155mm L (L/26) Mle 1918 (155mm polní dělo)

Canon de 155mm L (L/26) Mle1918 Schneider


This field gun was built during WWI, but only 4 were produced during WWI. It is the gun for which the so-called De Bange M 1877/1914 barrel was last used in French gun design. This barrel was mounted on the muzzle of the Schneider Mle 1917 C gun.
In May 1940 there were 120 of these in the French Army's arsenal. The loot guns were referred to by the Germans as 15.5cm K425(f).


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Calibre: 155mm
Combat weight: 5,050 kg
Bearing: 1°15′ to +43°35′
Bearing :± 6°
Preparation to firing position: 20 minutes
Rate of fire : 2 rounds/min.
Ammunition: HE
Range: 13,600 m
Missile weight : 43.7 kg
V° : 561 m/s


Source:
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Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry: Heavy Artillery; WW2 Fact Files, MACDONALD and JANE'S, London 1974,
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