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CharlieC


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One of my many projects for Landships II is to update the article on the 155mm GPF gun. I've been trying to write up artillery pieces with the service

post-WW1 since many guns were still in service during WW2. The 155mm GPF gun was updated in the 1930s with pneumatic tires replacing the 

solid rubber tired cast steel wheels. The update was attributed to Touzard and updated guns were known as GPFT.

However, I haven't been able to find any images of the GPFT gun - anyone help?

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Charlie

 



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Hi Charlie theres a thread on the Axis history forum here that has a whole stack.... 

 

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If it's any clue, the RPM kit brings not only a different set of wheels, but also a different axle for the gun carriage. In that respect, the guns preserved today have mostly the ealier type of axle, even with incomplete or modified brake mechanisms. Remember that the earlier type of brake was mechanical friction type, which must have been quite hard to control on the road. Most probably the brakes of the newer yypes must have been equipped by some sort of hydraulic mechanism.

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Thanks for the link - the German Army certainly seems to have used lots of GPFT guns - I guess it was the only gun in the Wehrmacht

gun park that could outrange the Russian 122 and 152mm guns/howitzers.

The early GPF carriage was limited to a maximum towing speed of 8 km/hr so the mechanical brakes would probably have been adequate.

The GPFT max. towing speed was increased to 25 km/hr which would have needed a better braking system. 

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Charlie



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I've read on several French forums that only 48 of these were completed for the French Army, half it seems completed during the war( two orders of 24) so I think its quite possible the German Army fielded more of the survivors and for longer then did the French... This may account for the fairly large quantity of photos in German service... Unfortunately I've not found anything to back this up yet.... 

 

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I've seen a suggestion that the GPF was retained in production during the German occupation. There was another variant with 4 pneumatic tires which seems

to have been a conversion of the older GPF guns for the Wehrmacht.

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Charlie 



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One forum that seems to have a fair amount on this gun, If your french is good enough(mine isnt) it may be worthwhile asking a few questions....

http://atf40.forumculture.net/f44-artillerie

interesting pics in the first thread with four named guns...

 

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