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By Lasse Jensen
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Last updated 08 June 2002
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Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 - Grande
Puissance Filloux
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General |
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| Designer |
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Lieutenant
colonel d’artillerie L.J.F. Filloux |
Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 GPF
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| Original
Manufacture |
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France,
Puteaux |
| Original
Manufacture name |
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155mm L
Mle 1917 GPF |
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| Is
this a license build gun? |
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no |
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| License
Manufacture |
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| Customer
Aim |
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Domestic
Military |
| Prototype
naming |
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| Indented
country naming |
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France,
155mm L Mle 1917 GPF |
| Naming
variants |
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Germany
-'15.5cm K 418(f)'
Germany -'15.5cm K 419(f)'
(platform)
USA -'155mm Gun M1917'
(various models) |
| reversion
models |
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France -High
speed modifications
USA -'155mm Gun M1917/18' |
| Licenses
build variants |
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USA -'155mm Gun M1917'
(various models)
USA -'155mm Gun M1917/18' |
| Export
variants |
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| Nature
of weapon |
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Field gun |
| Introduction
date |
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action date |
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| Production
time |
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number |
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| Crew |
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Gun
dimension |
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| Caliber,
bore |
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155mm |
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| Caliber,
length/bore |
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| Muzzle
brake |
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| Recoil
system |
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| Breech
mechanism |
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| Barrel
length (all) |
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9.70m |
| Barrel
length (ex breech) |
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| Length
of rifling |
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| Twist
of rifling |
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| Barrel
weight (all) |
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| Barrel
construction |
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| Weight
(firing position) |
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10.700kg
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| Weight
(traveling order) |
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11.775kg |
| Length
(firing position) |
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| Length
(traveling order) |
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| Width
(firing position) |
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2.44m |
| Width
(traveling order) |
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| Height
(firing position) |
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| Height
(traveling order) |
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1.83m |
| Ground
Clearance (towing) |
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Gun
performers |
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| Traverse
Right |
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?° |
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| Traverse
Left |
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?° |
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| Elevation |
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+35° |
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| Depression |
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-0° |
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| Ammunition
types |
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44.09kg
-HE |
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| Maximum
Range |
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19.650m
-HE |
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| Muzzle
velocity |
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754m/s
-HE |
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| Charge
weight |
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| Rate
of Fire - 30s |
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| Rate
of Fire - 4m |
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~4-5
rounds |
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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 on revision models |
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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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| 155mm
GPF - in US service |
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Overturned
US GPF gun.
France ca 1917 |
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References:
Additional web resources.
Various web notes.
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