tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post4239600841741041..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Weapons of War — The French 75mm Field Gunsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-9541371958778208292019-01-23T10:55:46.595-08:002019-01-23T10:55:46.595-08:00I saw one of these French 75s at the Fort Sill Art...I saw one of these French 75s at the Fort Sill Artillary Museum in Lawton, Oklahoma. A pretty hefty piece of equipment. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07441014470676029800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-59456591849367434042017-04-10T03:09:23.433-07:002017-04-10T03:09:23.433-07:00Dear Friends,
We are looking for good photograph...Dear Friends, <br /><br />We are looking for good photographs of a WWI-era 75 mm artillery shell. We have a piece of trench art that we would like to match to the shell. This link shows the trench art: http://mdihistory.org/norwood-cove-object/<br /><br />We have seen many photos that seem to match our trench art, but we'd like to have a simple straight-on shot in good resolution. Can you Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640150041662965222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4197290198086037782014-12-11T23:25:42.547-08:002014-12-11T23:25:42.547-08:00Interesting how the French would use that most Bri...Interesting how the French would use that most British of beverages in this a signature drink. Could it be they were paying homage to the Brits for pulling their bacon out of the fire? I've heard stories that Napoleon, an artilleryman by the way, when returning with the Grande Armee after a successful campaign, would along with his troops celebrate with knocking off the tops of champagne Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-34927015343445726132014-12-11T18:45:02.048-08:002014-12-11T18:45:02.048-08:00A remarkable gun. It was used by the French in 194...A remarkable gun. It was used by the French in 1940 as an anti-tank gun as well. The U.S. also adopted the 75 as an anti-tank weaponbill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46553253684632276352014-12-11T10:46:32.683-08:002014-12-11T10:46:32.683-08:00Kimball, I was going to make this comment when I s...Kimball, I was going to make this comment when I saw the headline but you beat me to it!Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-48124830662693111552014-12-11T10:20:02.349-08:002014-12-11T10:20:02.349-08:00Um...space on ships had nothing to do with what ar...Um...space on ships had nothing to do with what artillery the Americans used. Fact was the Americans lacked field artillery comparable to what was used in Europe, and could not gear up manufacturing fast enough to supply guns to the field.<br /><br />The innovative point to the "soixant-quinze" was that its hydraulic recuperator returned the piece to exactly the same place after firingUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-49790205857720749072014-12-11T08:12:28.540-08:002014-12-11T08:12:28.540-08:00Let us not forget this is the gun for which the Fr...Let us not forget this is the gun for which the French 75 cocktail was named. Pilot Raoul Lufbery is popularly credited with its invention — reportedly plain ol' champagne just didn't have enough kick after those sorties over the Western Front. A good splash of gin (some claim brandy, but that's more of a champagne cocktail) gave it the strength needed to be dubbed the French 75.Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227689140802527932noreply@blogger.com