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gun carriages received as reparations after World War I. After 1940, the

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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 World War II field artillery World War II artillery of Belgium 75 mm artillery {{artillery-stub