Canon de 155 GPF mle.1917 | |
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Type | Field gun, Coastal artillery |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
In service | 1917–1945 |
Used by | France Australia Brazil Chile Finland Nazi Germany Royal Italian Army Imperial Japan Philippines Free Poland United States |
Wars | World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Colonel Louis Filloux |
Manufacturer | Renault Atelier de Bourges Atelier de Puteaux |
Specifications | |
Mass | Travel: 13,000 kg (28,660 lbs) |
Barrel length | 5.915 m (20 ft) L/38.2 |
Shell | separate-loading, cased charge. 43 kg (95 lb) |
Caliber | 155 mm (6.10 in) |
Recoil | 1.8m 10° to 1.1 28° |
Carriage | split trail |
Elevation | 0° to +35° |
Traverse | 60° |
Rate of fire | 2 rounds per minute |
Muzzle velocity | 735 m/s (2,411 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 19,500 m (21,325 yds) |
The Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) modèle 1917 was a WWI-era French-designed 155 mm gun used by the French Army and the United States Army during the first half of the 20th century in towed and self-propelled mountings.