Did the Free French forces ever use the 4-wheeled 155mm GPF. I know the Germans used some for coastal artillery, but can’t find much information overall
Thanks
Michael
Clearly you already know what this gun looks like.
Might the rest of us see a photo or drawing so we can learn more about this interesting subject?
I guess so, at least according to this document (see page 24) :
The R. A. C. L. (Régiment d’Artillerie Coloniale du Levant) had 2 batteries of 155 GPF.
https://excerpts.numilog.com/books/9782307215769.pdf
Here’s one used in Tunisia in May 1943
H.P.
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Edit : Not a 155 mm GPF-T
Edit: One web-site inccorectly lists the weapon above as a GPFT, which it is NOT, as pointed out by Kurt L below.
https://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/weapons/artillery-and-cannons/70746/view/155mm_gpf-t/
http://deskit.online.fr/02_pages/04_materiels_35/materiels_francais_35/35047/35047.htm
/ Hawkeye
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Was this a Schneider built weapon as was the French 75mm?
p.s. Thanks for linking me back to the DES site. (Brings back old memories and old desires that make my wallet cry.)
I never met a resin kit I didn’t like.
Okay, you got me there - I almost forgot about AEF Designs. But other than them I used to love to get every resin gun a could find.
I need to shake the dust off of this one and finish it. I’ll bet I’ve had it at least 17or 18 years, if not more, in this very condition:
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Did this gun have two different breeches? One of the above pics has a horizontal sliding breech (GPF-T) making it look like a German gun, while the others have a screw breech. Incidentally, the screw breech variety looks very much like the US 155mm “Long Tom”.
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The interrupted thread screw type breech is still used on the current US 155 systems.
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This looks like the 12.8cm gun from a Jagdtiger.
KL
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Indeed.
My mistake.
Good catch.
Original post edited.
One website lists it as a GPFT, some others says that it is a German gun.
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=simg:CAQSgAEafgsQsIynCBpiCmAIAxIomAL6AfkBngKdErISsBKzEqUGnhLXJvgy0DnlOf8y1SaAM4Ez_1DLQJhowgeGuKJdQYZPCFEpvIvyas69diKRWZwsNAeyrRoIdb3lCnX54scQa4Xp_1w1geyMB9IAQMCxCOrv4IGgoKCAgBEgRCsxYXDA&q=155+gpf+t&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi35O7usbT9AhWntYsKHZwMAeAQ2A4oAHoECAcQAg&biw=1564&bih=951&dpr=0.9
The carriage is from a French GPF but the gun is German.