Tourelle de 155 C modèle 1908

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Tourelle de 155 C modèle 1908


Tourelle de 155 mm C

General Information
Military designation: La tourelle de 155 C modèle 1908
Manufacturer country: FranceFrance France
Start of production: 1908
Number of pieces: 2
Weapon Category: Turret gun
Technical specifications
Pipe length: 1.6 m
Caliber :

155 mm

Side straightening area: 360 °
Furnishing
Charging principle: Manually
Ammunition supply: Manually

Tourelle de 155 C modèle 1908 was the name for a French armored turret with a shortened cannon ( C stands for court - short) of caliber 155 mm for action at short range. In the broadest sense, it was a so-called minimal chart cannon .

description

The dome was made of armor material (tough steel) with a wall of 30 cm and a diameter of 3.8 meters. It sat on an armored armor with a gun well , could be rotated 360 °, but could not be sunk.

The non-visible area ( dead space ) of the affected forts should be coated and secured with this type of armored turret. They were installed outside the ramparts in a concrete cylinder. It was completely sunk in the ground and thus protected from direct fire. The facility was divided into three floors:

  • the bottom floor was where the entrance, the mechanics for the tower rotating mechanism and the hand-operated fan were located
  • on the middle floor was the warehouse for the ready ammunition and the mechanics for the hand-operated ammunition elevator
  • on the upper floor, finally, the gun platform with the gun

Of the armored domes initially planned, only four were made, of which only two were installed. After the German occupation of France, these were then expanded by the OT after 1940 and used for steel production. The whereabouts of the other two domes is not known; they were probably also scrapped.

Installed domes and prepared installations

Number of the dome Away Ready to fire Whereabouts
1 Fort de Longchamp April 1914 scrapped after 1940
2 Fort de Ville le Sec - Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
(whereabouts of the dome are unknown)
3 Fort de Longchamp April 1914 scrapped after 1940
4th Fort de Ville le Sec - Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
(whereabouts of the dome are unknown)

Projected installations

section Away number Whereabouts
Verdun Fort de Douaumont 2 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Verdun Fort de Rozelier 1 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Toul Fort de Lucey 1 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Toul Fort d'Écrouves 2 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Toul Fort de Domgermain 1 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Toul Fort du Saint-Michel 2 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Epinal Réduit du Bois d'Arches 1 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Belfort Fort de Bessoncourt 2 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Belfort Fort du Bois d'Oyes 2 Projected in 1914, installation planned for 1916, canceled
Belfort Fort de Meroux 2 Projected in 1908, deleted in 1909
Belfort Fort du Mont Vaudois 2 Projected in 1914, installation planned for 1917, canceled
Belfort Fort de Roppe 2 Projected in 1914, installation planned for 1917, canceled

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