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The gun combined the barrel of the earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage. Existing FK 96s were upgraded over time. The FK 96 n.A. was shorter-ranged, but lighter than the French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 or the British Ordnance QF 18 pounder gun; the Germans placed a premium on mobility, which served them well during the early stages of World War I.
QF 13-pounder gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2: BL 15 pounder 7 cwt gun United Kingdom: Second Boer War, World War I: 76.2: BLC 15-pounder gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2: QF 15-pounder Mk.I The Ehrhardt German Empire: World War I 76.2: 3-inch M1902 field gun United States: 1902 – World War I 76.2: 3"/21 caliber field gun United ...
Western produced 3 billion rounds of ammunition in World War II, and the Winchester subsidiary developed the U.S. M1 carbine and produced the carbine and the M1 rifle during the war. Western ranked 35th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. [10] Cartridges made by Western are stamped WCC.
The 9 cm Feldkanone M 75/96 was a field gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I, [1] a modernized version of the M 75 field gun. Virtually all the M 76s were upgraded during 1898. For cost reasons the new gun retained the bronze barrel of the original, although it was actually redesigned to withstand the more powerful propellants coming ...
Pages in category "Field guns" ... 0–9. 3-inch M1902 field gun; 3.2-inch gun M1897; 4.7-inch gun M1906; 75 mm gun M1916; 75 mm gun M1917; 76 mm divisional gun M1902;
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The idea of a flechette-firing individual weapon started in earnest during the Army's Project SALVO.SALVO had earlier concluded that a small weapon with a high rate of fire would be considerably deadlier than the large "full power" weapons being developed in the 1950s, and followed several lines of investigation to find the best way to provide high firing rates.
Like the Type 90 7.5 cm field gun and the Type 96 15 cm howitzer, the French company Schneider aided with the design. The Type 92 10cm cannon proved to be a modern and capable design, with its faults including a lack of provision for high-speed towing and weakness in the sealing of the recoil system in the early models. [7]