Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider

Infobox Weapon
name=Canon de 155 C modèle 1917


caption=Canon de 155 C mle 1917, displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum.
origin=FRA
type=Heavy field howitzer
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=
is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=
used_by=FRA
USA
FIN
wars= WWI, WWII
designer=
design_date=
manufacturer=
production_date=
number=
variants=
weight=7600 lb total
length=
part_length=
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=HE, Shrapnel convert|95|lb|abbr=on
caliber=155 mm
action=
rate=4/min (max)
2/min (sustained)
velocity=1476 ft/s
range=
max_range=12,250 yds
feed=
sights=
breech=interrupted screw
recoil=hydropneumatic, 51.3 inch
carriage=wheeled, box trail
elevation=0° - 42.33°
traverse=3° L & R
blade_type=
hilt_type=
sheath_type=
head_type=
haft_type=
diameter=
filling=
filling_weight=
detonation=
yield=
armour=
primary_armament=
secondary_armament=
engine=
engine_power=
pw_ratio=
suspension=
vehicle_range=
speed=The French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 is a 155 millimeter howitzer used by the French Army during the first half of the 20th century. It was manufactured by Schneider et Cie.

US service

USA adopted the gun as 155 mm Howitzer Carriage, Model of 1918 (Schneider). Model 1918 built in the US differed slightly from French models, with a straight rather than curved shield, rubber rather than steel tyres on wheels, slightly different firing mechanism. [ [http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofartill00unitrich Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matériel (1920). United States. Army. Ordnance Dept, May 1920. Page 207] ] US units were in action in France in 1918 with French-built guns. The first US regiment equipped with US-made guns was about to embark for France when World War I ended. [Brown 1920, Page 61, 65]

Notes

References

* [http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofartill00unitrich Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matériel (1920). United States. Army. Ordnance Dept, May 1920.]
*Sevellon Brown, [http://www.archive.org/details/storyofordnancei00browrich The Story of Ordnance in the World War. Washington: James William Bryan Press, 1920]

External links