De Dion et Bouton 75mm Autocannon

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A French made anti aircraft gun and platform. It is the famous French 75 gun mounted on a turntable on the 35hp De Dion Bouton chassis. First made in 1913 and used through the first world war by France and Britain. It was still in use in the second world war. Top speed was over 50mph.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: January 6, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Author: philthydirtyanimal

Length: 00:01:17
Rating: 4.00
Views: 1520

Tags: De Dion Bouton 75mm soixante quinze 75 WWI WW1 France french gun great world war one WW2

Video Comments:
BigPuschlerX (August 13, 2008 at 12:37 am)
Nice video. I´m interested in the era of the two world wars and I really like those old guns.
They actually look more like...guns than the modern ones.

Thanks for posting this, 5*
philthydirtyanimal (August 24, 2008 at 8:44 pm)
Thank you. Need them 5*!
lilroath77 (May 6, 2008 at 4:23 pm)
That is quite clearly not an autocannon. There's nothing automatic about individually handloading each shell by hand into the breach every time it's fired.
philthydirtyanimal (May 6, 2008 at 6:11 pm)
The 'auto' part of its name refers to the automobile it is mounted on. The 'cannon' part of its name refers to the cannon that is mounted on the back of the automobile.

At the time, this vehicle with this gun mounted on its back, was called the De Dion et Bouton 75mm Autocannon. That was its name.
fwi1298 (February 8, 2008 at 10:23 am)
if you can find it, the lastest version of king kong shows several guns of this type in the later part of the film.
WernerWarhead14 (January 7, 2008 at 1:29 am)
Nice pix :D
philthydirtyanimal (January 7, 2008 at 5:30 am)
thank you