Canon de 75 mle TR

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.

Canon de 75 modèle 1905 à tir rapide
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1905?-1945
Used by	Belgium  Nazi Germany  Hungary
Wars	World War I, World War II
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Manufacturer	Fonderie Royale des Canons
Produced	1905?-1914
Specifications
Mass	1,190 kilograms (2,620 lb)
Length	2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)[1]
Barrel length	1.7445 m (5 ft 9 in) L/30
Shell	Fixed QF 75 x 280 R 6.52 kilograms (14.4 lb)[2]
Caliber	75 mm (2.95 in)
Breech	Horizontal sliding-block
Recoil	Hydro-spring
Carriage	Pole trail
Elevation	-10° to +21°
Traverse	6° 32'
Muzzle velocity	540 m/s (1,771 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	9,900 metres (10,800 yd)

Canon de 75 mle TR at the Site Gunfire Brasschaat-Museum in Brasschaat, Belgium

Canon de 75 mle TR at the Site Gunfire Brasschaat-Museum in Brasschaat, Belgium

It was a license-built copy of the Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903. Production continued during World War I until the Germans overran the factory in 1914.

After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated this as the 7.5 cm FK 235(b), armed occupation forces in Belgium with them and handed some over to the Hungarians.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Light and medium field artillery. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. ISBN 0668038209. OCLC 2067331.
2. "Krupp 75mm 1904_Romania". www.bulgarianartillery.it. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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 ISBN 0-385-15090-3

External links

• Canon de 75 mle TR on Landships
• 75 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES Archived 11 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine