Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1906

 

 

Greek_0S75mmQF

 

 

Greek designation :

Πεδινό Πυροβόλο των 75χιλ. Schneider-Canet, υποδ. 1908

Schneider designation :

Matériel de campagne à tir rapide de 75mm, type PD 7

French designation :

Canon de 75mm modèle 1914 Schneider

Calibre :

75mm L/31.4

Weight of the barrel :

340 kg

Weight of the breech-block :

12 kg

Weight in action :

1096 kg

Weight of the limber :

700 kg

Weight in marching order :

1796 kg

Weight of the wagon body :

978 kg

Weight of ammunition wagon :

1678 kg

Barrel length :

2.350 m

Rifling

length :

1.966 m – 26 calibres

twist :

uniform, right-handed, 1 in 30 calibres

angle of twist :

6°

Number of barrel grooves :

24

Height of the line of fire :

959 mm

Shield

weight :

65 kg

thickness :

4 mm

Greek Shells

 

Cartridge

size :

75 x 280 x 90 R

weight :

1.13 kg

shelled :

8.21 kg

charge :

0.575 kg of Poudre BM3 (French smokeless powder)

H.E. Shell

weight :

6.5 kg - bursting charge: 0.225 kg

max. range :

6010 m

Shrapnel

weight :

6.5 kg - bursting charge: 80 g of black powder

320 bullets x 10 g x 13 mm

max. range :

5500 m

Muzzle velocity :

500 m/s

French Shells

 

H.E. Shell

weight :

5.315 kg – bursting charge : 820 g

muzzle vel. :

560 m/s

max. range :

6100 m

Shrapnel

weight :

7.240 kg – 261 bullets x 10 g

muzzle vel. :

513 m/s

max. range :

6300 m

Elevation :

+ 16° / - 8° 30’

Traversing angle :

6°

Wheels

weight :

136 kg

height :

1.33 m

track :

1.55 m

Transport :

Six-horse team

Ammunition :

gun limber – 30 shells, wagon limber – 30 shells, wagon body – 60 shells

12 ammunition wagons for every battery

Remarks :

Quick firing field gun, with hydro-pneumatic recoil system, swinging block breech mechanism, traverse on axle. It was equipped with collimateur with aiming circle, and fitted for independent line of sight. In 1907 Greece bought 36 batteries (144 guns) of this piece, after having conducted competitive tests of the Armstrong, Ehrhardt, Krupp and Schneider matériel. Since the Armstrong gun did best in the demolition trials, the H.E. shells were ordered to that firm. Twelve more batteries (48 guns) were ordered after the Balkan Wars, but only eight were manufactured. In September 1914 they were seized by the French Army and offered to the Belgian Army, but it seems that in October 1915 they were assigned to the French 20e regiment d’artillerie.