Type Field gun In service 1919?-1945 Wars World War II | Place of origin Belgium Used by Belgium
Nazi Germany Designer Cockerill | |
The Canon de 75 mle GP I was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 10.5 cm leFH 16 howitzer carriages received as reparations after World War I. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7.5 cm FK 233(b) and used them to equip occupation units in Belgium.
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