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French M1917 155mm Howitzer

a photo feature by Randy Harvey
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Randy Harvey [HARV] found this World War One French M1917 155mm Howitzer on display in Forsyth, MT. He generously provides us with 20 images of the big field piece.

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About Randy L Harvey (HARV)
FROM: WYOMING, UNITED STATES

I have been in the modeling hobby off and on since my youth. I build mostly 1/35 scale. However I work in other scales for aircraft, ships and the occasional civilian car kit. I also kit bash and scratch-build when the mood strikes. I mainly model WWI and WWII figures, armor, vehic...


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JPTRR
Randy, your photos really show off the casting and engraving marks. Great resource, these photos.
JAN 07, 2017 - 02:38 AM
HARV
Thank you Fred and thank you for posting these. I took these back around 2006 I believe. The howitzer sits outside of the courthouse building there. It is a very small town, population of around 1,700, and so it is odd to me that this large howitzer ended up there. Like with a lot of my pictures back in those days, all I did for a camera was buy the disposable ones. So, the pictures aren’t as good as I would like them to be. Hopefully some of our French speaking members wouldn't mind translating the wording in a couple of the pictures. Thank you, Randy
JAN 07, 2017 - 05:08 AM
Taeuss
The German army in North Africa (among other places) used these guns to good effect with many then being recaptured by the Allied forces there.
JAN 07, 2017 - 11:11 PM
bison126
First wording means "a well maintained gun is worth two guns" Second means "take care of my (recoil) brakes "
JAN 08, 2017 - 12:55 AM
bill_c
Didn't these have wooden wheels in WW1?
JAN 10, 2017 - 10:23 PM
HARV
Thank you Olivier. I appreciate the assistance. Randy
JAN 11, 2017 - 07:45 AM
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