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Canon de 194mle GPF sur Chenilles (Tracked 194mm Howitzer Carriage), France, Initial Production 1938.
This World War I vintage 194mm heavy field howitzer could hurt a 174-pound projectile to a maximum range of 22,750 yards. In order to make this piece more mobile, the French mounted the howitzer on a tracked carriage. A heavy tractor towed the howitzer and its carriage 5 mph on roads and 1.9 mph cross-country. An electric engine in the carriage powered the elevation and traversing of the gun. The engine was powered by a generator carried in an accompanying vehicle. It is uncertain whether the French ever used this howitzers in combat before they were captured by the Germans in 1940. A Technical Intelligence Team captured this howitzer in a German vehicle park near Paris, France in 1944. |