155 long GPF (Large Range Fillioux)
Caliber:155mm
tube length:
weight:11.5 tons
initial projectile speed:735m/s
horizontal firing ranges:60°
vertical field of fire:from 0 to +35°
range:17000m
projectile weight 42kg
rate of fire 4 rounds/min
Fruit of the work of Commander Fillioux, this high-powered gun was mounted on a twin-arrow mounting with a large instantaneous lateral field of fire. Its greater weight than the 155 L Schneider mle 17 material and its great manufacturing complexity almost caused its rejection as soon as it was presented at the end of 1916, but its automobile traction possibilities and its large lateral firing range saved it, and it was delivered to the Armies. since 1917.
Adopted by the American Army since 1917, for which the French industry derived a significant part of its production, this gun which had made the campaign of 1940 in the ranks of the French Army, then had been largely reused by the Germans, will participate in 1944 in a modified form in the liberation in the ranks of the GI's.