The Canon de 75 modèle 1905 à tir rapide (abbreviated to Canon de 75 mle TR) was a field gun used by Belgium during World War I and World War II.
It was a license-built copy of the
Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903
The Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 was a field gun used by a number of European armies in both World War I and World War II.
History
Krupp export gun
The Model 1903 was manufactured for export by Krupp. It was a "stock gun", meaning that it c ...
. Production continued during World War I until the Germans overran the factory in 1914.
After 1940, the
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
designated this as the 7.5 cm FK 235(b), armed occupation forces in Belgium with them and handed some over to the Hungarians.
Notes
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
External links
Canon de 75 mle TR on Landships
World War II field artillery
World War II artillery of Belgium
World War I guns
75 mm artillery
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