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    French artillery projects (cannons, howitzers, mortars, munitions)

    Hi everyone, I noticed that no thread seemingly existed on French artillery projects. I am thus creating this one so that we can eventually gather everything we know. I will start with some of the projects I identified in my archive research on interwar-1940 work, for now >155 mm calibers as...
    • Elan Vital
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    • armée de terre cannon french third republic howitzer interwar period mortars railway artillery railway gun self-propelled artillery siege artillery towed artillery world war ii
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  2. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    PERM (Precision Extended Range Munition) 120mm Guided Bomb

    Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/330469583/Mortars Source: www.miltechmag.com/2014/06/eurosatory-2014-atks-solutions-of.html Starting off with some images, mostly of the unsuccessful ATK and General Dynamics Design: Sources for the last three images...
  3. klem

    Japanese Mortar 70 mm Parachute Bombs Barrage.

    " The Japanese 70-mm barrage mortar was first encountered on Attu. It consists of a smooth-bore tube, 4 feet long, the steel base plate of which is fastened by two bolts to a wooden block, 10 x 12 x 8 inches. A large iron spike on the under side of the wooden block is thrust into the ground to...
  4. World B4

    Pre-1946 Grenade Launchers

    Here are some interesting projects I wanted to post. Some are actually light mortars. I don't care. From Britain: A late WW1 prototype, a humble beginning https://collections.royalarmouries.org/first-world-war/type/rac-narrative-125.html From the USSR: The spade mortar, a jack of 2 trades...
    • World B4
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    • cold war grenade grenade launchers grenade rifle interwar period mortars post-world war ii projector-grenade rifle grenades world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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