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By Lasse Jensen
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Last updated 06 June 2002
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Canon de 120 Long mle 1931
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General |
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Designer |
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Musée Royale de
L'armee du Cinquantenaire,
Brussels, Belgium
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Original
Manufacture |
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Original
Manufacture name |
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Is
this a license build gun? |
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License
Manufacture |
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Customer
Aim |
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Prototype
naming |
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Indented
country naming |
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Naming
variants |
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Germany
-'12cm K 370(b) |
reversion
models |
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Licenses
build variants |
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Export
variants |
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Nature
of weapon |
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Field gun |
Introduction
date |
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First
action date |
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Production
time |
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Production
number |
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Crew |
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Gun
dimension |
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Caliber,
bore |
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120mm |
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Caliber,
length/bore |
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Muzzle
brake |
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yes |
Recoil
system |
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Breech
mechanism |
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Barrel
length (all) |
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Barrel
length (ex breech) |
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Barrel
weight (all) |
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Weight
(firing position) |
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Weight
(traveling order) |
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Length
(firing position) |
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Length
(traveling order) |
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Width
(firing position) |
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Width
(traveling order) |
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Height
(firing position) |
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Height
(traveling order) |
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Ground
Clearance (towing) |
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Gun
performers |
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Traverse
Right |
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Traverse
Left |
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Elevation |
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Depression |
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Ammunition
types |
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Maximum
Range |
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Muzzle
velocity |
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Rate
of Fire - 30s |
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Rate
of Fire - 4m |
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Rate
of Fire - 10m |
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Rate
of Fire - 1h, sustained |
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Carriage |
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Name |
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Variants |
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Shield |
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no |
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Weight |
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Wheels
(if any) |
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yes |
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Tyres
(if any) |
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yes, unknown type |
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Towing
vehicle |
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Primary
type |
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Trailer |
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History
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Under construction
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More
Pictures
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120
L mle 1931 |
120
L mle 1931 |
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Musée
Royale de L'armee du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium |
A
replica of the gun in the Openlucht museum Atlantikwall,
Raversijde, Belgium |
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References:
The
Atlantikwall website.
Additional web resources.
Various web notes.
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