APX Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 (75 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• 2C

General info

The APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 is a completely OK cannon which does its job most of the time. It has just enough penetration to kill most things it faces frontally by a few mm's. The explosive filler makes aiming an option when your enemies are light, as any penetrating hit to any internal compartment will overpressure the crew. The reload is rather fast for a 75mm, which makes missing shots due to the poor velocity more forgiving. Side shots will be required for armored tanks such as the M4A3 105, StuH 42 G or Pz.IV G (Though if your tank is tall enough and has enough depression you could just go close to all of them and shoot their roof, just sayin)

Available ammunition

The APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 has 2 shell types available:

• The Mle 1916 APHE shell is, along with the HE shell, a stock shell. It penetrates 55mm of armor at a 90° angle from 10 meters away and travels at a velocity of 500m/s right out of the barrel. It has 285 grams of TNT explosive filler, which means you don't need to aim for crew.
• The Mle 1900 HE shell is a stock shell. It penetrates 11mm of armor at all ranges and at all angles, which is a whopping 1mm more than most 75mm guns! It has 695 grams of TNT explosive filler and travels at a velocity of 500m/s, same as the APHE. It obviously is very useless against most tanks, and should only be used to dispatch pesky open topped vehicles if you somehow don't kill them with your APHE shell. Or planes, if you are feeling adventerous.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Mle1916	APHE	55	54	49	43	37	33
Mle1900	HE	11	11	11	11	11	11

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Mle1916	APHE	500	7.2	1.2	14	285	47°	60°	65°
Mle1900	HE	500	5.3	0	0.1	695	79°	80°	81°

Comparison with analogues

The KwK37/StuK37 and 75mm Type 99 cannons are all quite similar. With the Japanese Type 99 having the worst APHE penetration, however it also has the best APHE filler out of the three. The only disadvantage the APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 has is the lack of HEAT, which all of the previously mentioned similar cannons have access to. With them all having about 2x the penetrative ability of their respective APHE's, with the germans having the best HEAT. However, the APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 does have the best penetrative power in its APHE, so at least it gets that. However the French and the Japanese stand proud with their high explosive filler, while the puny germans stand at a pathetic 80 grams, absolutely pathetic. Not even as high as the 75mm APX cannon of the SAU 40!

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• A lot of Explosive Filler in the APHE for a 75mm, often overpressures the crew from the inside.
• A rather short reload for the caliber
• Poor penetration is offset by the fact it faces tanks with equally poor armor (not counting the M4A3 105)

Cons:

• Poor penetration for the BR (slightly better than the APHE of the 75mm KwK37/StuK37, though)
• Low velocity makes it hard to aim at far distances
• No HEAT round for armored targets, unlike similar guns like the German 75mm KwK37/StuK37 or the Japanese 75mm type 99.

History

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Media

The APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 on a field gun mount

The APX canon de 75mm modéle 1897 as seen ingame on the Char 2C

See also

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