Canon de 220 L mle 1917

Canon de 220 L mle 1917
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General Information
Military designation:	Canon de 220 L mle 1917, 22 cm cannon 532 (f)
Manufacturer designation:	Canon de 220 L mle 1917 Schneider
Manufacturer country:	France
Developer / Manufacturer:	Schneider et Cie Le Creusot
Start of production:	1937
Technical specifications
Pipe length:	6.358 m
Caliber :	22 cm
Caliber length :	L / 38.9
Cadence :	1 shot / min
Elevation range:	−10 ° to +37 degrees
Side straightening area:	20 °

The Canon de 220 L mle 1917 was a field cannon that was used by the French artillery in the First and Second World Wars . In the western campaign in 1940 it was captured by the Wehrmacht and continued to be used as a 22 cm cannon 532 (f).

history

The 22 cm cannon 532 (f) (f for French) was the French Canon de 220 L mle 1917 Schneider captured by the Wehrmacht in the western campaign in 1940 .

Four cannons were used, inter alia, at the Marine Artillery Department 604 in Cherbourg for coastal defense on the Atlantic Wall . The Radetzky battery on the Channel Island of Guernsey was equipped with this type of gun.

The cannon weighed 25,880 kilograms and could fire projectiles weighing 104.75 kilograms 22,800 meters.

literature

Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 . 2nd Edition. Special edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .


Air defense	Mitrailleuse de 25 mm contre-aéroplanes • Canon de 75 antiaérien mle 1913-1917 • Canon de 75 CA modèle 1940 Schneider
Anti-tank	Canon léger de 25 antichar SA-L mle 1937 • Canon de 37 mm AC modèle 1934 • Canon de 47 mm AC modèle 1934 • Canon de 47 mm modèle 1937
Field guns	Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897
Infantry guns	Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP
Light, medium and heavy artillery	Canon de 105 court mle 1934 Schneider • Canon de 105 court mle 1935 B • Canon de 105 L mle 1936 Schneider • Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider • Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 S • Canon de 155 mm C modèle 1915 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 155 mm GPF • Canon de 194 mm GPF • Canon de 220 L mle 1917 • 220 mm TR mle 1915/1916
Grenade launcher	Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1917 Fabry
Mountain guns	Canon de 65 mm de montagne modèle 1906 • Canon de 75 M (montagne) modele 1919 Schneider • Canon de 75 M (montagne) modele 1928 • Canon Court de 105 M (montagne) modele 1909 Schneider • Canon Court de 105 M (montagne) modèle 1919 tailor
Railway guns	Canon de 240 modèle 93/96 TAZ • Canon de 32 modèle 1870/93 • Obusier de 370 modèle 1915 • Obusier de 400 mm modèle 1915/1916 • Obusier de 520 modèle 1916
Siege guns	Canon de 240 mm modèle 1884 • Mortier de 280 modèle 14/16
Coastal artillery	Canon de 100 mm modèle 1891 • Canon de 145 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 155 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 240 mm modèle 1884 • Mortier de 270 modèle 1889
Chariot cannons	Puteaux SA 18 • 47mm SA mle 1935 • Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897