I wonder what the effect on range and trajectory would have been if the French had used reduced charges and the Plaquettes Malandrin discussed a few days ago? It would still be not as good as redesigning the M1897 so it was a true gun-howitzer, or developing an actual light field gun-howitzer or just howitzer, but better than nothing.
It just occurred to me that the French Army of 1930s would use the "reduced charge/plaquette" combination on the rounds fired by the 75mm gun on the Char B tank.
Interesting. The 75mm in the Char B was really a direct fire piece and probably only a 20 caliber weapon, so I understand the use of a reduced charge, but not the plaquette.
I wonder what the effect on range and trajectory would have been if the French had used reduced charges and the Plaquettes Malandrin discussed a few days ago? It would still be not as good as redesigning the M1897 so it was a true gun-howitzer, or developing an actual light field gun-howitzer or just howitzer, but better than nothing.
Are you imagining the use of both a reduced charge and a plaquette with the same shell?
Indeed.
I've seen no mention of that possibility in the sources I have read. Still, it's an intriguing possibility.
It just occurred to me that the French Army of 1930s would use the "reduced charge/plaquette" combination on the rounds fired by the 75mm gun on the Char B tank.
Interesting. The 75mm in the Char B was really a direct fire piece and probably only a 20 caliber weapon, so I understand the use of a reduced charge, but not the plaquette.