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F6EJU


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Hi to all of you :)

I am going to build a 75mm field gun replica at the 1/10 scale.
I am seeking " even being in france..." the external dimensions of the gun.

So thanks in advance to whom would be able to provide me accurate dimensions avoiding me to take them on photos or else.....

Then I will make on my CAD all the detailled drawings for the realize.

Parts will be made on my milling machine and lathe.
For the most complicated the DXF files will be provided to a supplier having CNC machining.

Hydraulic brake is my goal even if not exactly like the original one.

The brass of 32 s&W are pratically at the scale of 1/10

Best regards
jean claude

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Paul Bonnett


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Hello and welcome, the following website may help,scroll down to number 26 in the list

http://janterpol.com/Website/ROSSAGRAPH.HTM

Paul

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F6EJU


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Dear Paul.
Thanks for your reply and help.
I found the #26 and have placed an order.
Best regards
jean claude.

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There are some drawings on the Landships II website which look as if they were taken from the "75" manual.

http://www.landships.info/landships/artillery_articles.html?load=/landships/artillery_articles/75mm_Mle_1897.html

Regards,

Charlie

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Hi you can find a complete manual for the US M1897 and mods here :
 
TM 9-30575-mm Matériel, M1897 and Modifications

http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/index.html

essentially this should be very close if not identical to the French gun as parts were supposed to be interchangable...


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F6EJU


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Thanks to you both.

Yes interesting too.

What is very important to me are the external dimensions.

Then thanks to all the information I will simplify some details inside of the device.

I have ended my spyset WWII radio after two years of work.
They work fine and I contacted many UK and EU stations.

Now it is the time of the second retired people dream:

The French field gun of the WWI !!!!

I will make it working in 32 SW.

So all information are welcome and appreciated.

Museum by here did not pay attention to my request for drawings....

Best regards from the French Riviera very cold for the season...

jean claude


-- Edited by F6EJU on Thursday 16th of December 2010 12:12:43 PM

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Ralph Lovett, a regular on this forum has a Mle 1897 in his collection:
http://www.lovettartillery.com/French_75mm_mle_97_.htm.

Regards,

Charlie

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F6EJU


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Charlie.

Thanks for the information.
I have sent an e-mail to Ralph with my request.

regards
jc

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Hello, I am also looking for plans to build a model of a french 75mm field gun 1897. Have you been able to locate any?

Paul Paquette,

British Columbia, Canada.



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Paul P.

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Hi. If you want to see a model French 75 go to this site:

http://5500.forumactif.org/t1295p60-canon-de-75-de-1897#42041

It looks as if an incredibly beautiful and perfectly detailed model of the cannon was produced. I would give my right arm to get a hold of a copy of the plans this person was able to produce. 

Paul. 



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Jean Claude and the group,

It was over 5 years ago you started this thread. I wonder what dimensional information you ever came up with and how the project turned out?

My grandfather was a lieutenant with Battery C, 6th Field Artillery and was involved in the firing of the first American shots of the war from their French 75s (not M1897s). In his honor, I am right now starting on a similar project, except my French 75mm will be somewhere between 1:10 and 1:5 scale. I don't plan on it being capable of actual firing, but hope to have many of the mechanisms operable.

So far, I have acquired online copies of these:
French: modéle 1897 manual,
USA: Tech Man M1897 (all models and mods),
Handbook of Ordnance
Handbook of Artillery

Like you, I want to start by making CAD drawings. First of the full scale weapon, then of my design for the scale model.
Next week I am going to the Camp Roberts Military Museum, near Paso Robles, California. They have a M1987M? that I will be taking detailed measurements, photos, and sketches. Unfortunately, I know it is neither a M1897 or M1897A1. (It is a later split-trail model with steel and rubber tires.) But I hope to get a reasonable amount of input. I will use that to annotate the drawings from several online sources:
French: modéle 1897 manual,
USA: Tech Man M1897 (all models and mods),
Handbook of Ordnance
Handbook of Artillery

Like you, I want to start by making CAD drawings from the annotated drawings. First of the full scale weapon, then of my design for the scale model. Then finally I can begin the lathe and mill work. And the carpentry with the wooden wheels.

Greg (AC4WF)

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Sorry I have not seen the heading artillery
 



-- Edited by demex400 on Monday 6th of April 2015 08:05:08 PM

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I have collected quite a bit of info and photographs from the internet, but nothing with the sort of detail needed to build an accurate model. I can share this reference material with you if you would like. 

I also started some basic drawings, but without access to an actual canon it was very difficult and I put the project on hold to build a steam traction engine instead. I would be very interested in seeing your drawings for the French 75 canon. 

Paul. 



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This is an old, old subject,.. however, thought I'd refresh it in hopes drawings have surfaced with someone out there.



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