An American field gun crew firing their 75 mm Gun M1897, better known as the French 75.
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French 75 cocktail shaker.
New-York Tribune Aug 31 1919
“Pile of shells cost the British government $25 each. An enterprising Philadelphian managed to buy them for 60 cents apiece. Now that shell cocktail shakers have gone out of vogue, wonder will he convent them into rolling pins” https://t.co/NFmL4wtdWU https://t.co/Ahp4uyaBhG http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1167817853380096001Looked something like
French ‘75!
New-York Tribune Aug 31 1919
“Pile of shells cost the British government $25 each. An enterprising Philadelphian managed to buy them for 60 cents apiece. Now that shell cocktail shakers have gone out of vogue, wonder will he convent them into rolling pins” https://t.co/NFmL4wtdWU https://t.co/Ahp4uyaBhG http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1167817853380096001Looked something like
French ‘75!
The Materiel de 75mm Mle1897, the first piece of modern field artillery.
Manufactured by France in quantity, it could fire a shell every four seconds without the need to reaim thanks to its hydraulic recoil system, a first at the time. It was greatly liked by the troops and was commonly known as the 75, or soixante-quinze in French.
French 75. When you get everything right.
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