Soixante-Quinze September

A month devoted to 75mm field guns of the years between 1897 and 1939

This month, while others await the imminent return of pumpkin-spice lattés, the Tactical Notebook will be celebrating Soixante-Quinze September.

As you might expect, our chief means of doing this will be the publication of articles about various devices of the kinetic persuasion that fire projectiles with a diameter of seventy-five millimeters.

As these articles appear, I will post links to them on this page. So, if you wish to amaze your friends with your knowledge of ballistics, recoil mechanisms, and soixantequinzeboutisme, please return to this post on a regular basis.

Articles Published Before 1 September 2023

Schneider-Canet Field Gun (Model 1895)

The Quick-Firing Revolution

The Cult of the French '75'

Field Guns in the Balkan Wars

Saving American Horse-Drawn Artillery

75mm Rifled Mortars (1922-1932)

The Cannon Company of the US Army Infantry Regiment (April 1942)

The Weapons Company of the Marine Infantry Regiment of 28 March 1941

Articles Published After 1 September 2023

The French Seventy-Five in the Anti-Tank Role (The Scherjeven Device)

The 75mm Guns of American Field Batteries (1917-1919)

Chasing Shiny Objects

Which Seventy-Five?

Plaquettes Malandrin

Reduced-Charge Rounds for French Light Field Guns

Untimely Explosions (Solution to the Fifth Problem)

The Other "French Seventy-Fives"