. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. 155-MILLIMETER GUN, WITH DIVIDED TRAIL (FRENCH MODEL, 1918) fare. The next class in size and powerwas their heavy army artillery with 13,15, and 19 centimeter caliber, having arange of between 10 and 12 than these were the corps ar-tillery pieces, of which the 105 and 150 pieces in their 75-mm. and their The former was the most usefulpiece employed by either side. It threwprojectiles weighing between 12 and 16pounds to a distance of bV2 miles.
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. 155-MILLIMETER GUN, WITH DIVIDED TRAIL (FRENCH MODEL, 1918) fare. The next class in size and powerwas their heavy army artillery with 13,15, and 19 centimeter caliber, having arange of between 10 and 12 than these were the corps ar-tillery pieces, of which the 105 and 150 pieces in their 75-mm. and their The former was the most usefulpiece employed by either side. It threwprojectiles weighing between 12 and 16pounds to a distance of bV2 miles. Itwas mobile, light, and worked with re-. UNITED STATES FIELD GUN mm. howitzers were the types. Theselatter were the more mobile, and wereable to follow or accompany the infantryto any desired position. The Allied artillery was not as power- markable speed and precision. A recoilmechanism, with which it is provided,allows a certain retrogade movementof the gun and then returns it to posi-tion for the next shot. Instead of being ABTILLERY 284 ARTILLERY pointed each time it is fired, it needs onlyto be sighted at its target at the begin-ning of the action and can repeat theshot indefinitely. The French 155-nim. howitzer wasworthy to rank with the 75-mm. It wasperhaps the finest specimen of Frenchgunmaking. It weighed less than 4 tons,and thus could be transported quickly toany desired location. It threw a 95-pound shell more than 7 miles and couldfire several times a minute. Its rapidityof action was made possible by a hydro-pneumatic recoil system that supportsthe barrel of the gun and utilizes theenergy of the recoil by t
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