French soldiers with a 240mm mortar in an entrenched position. The mortar barrel is prone. A soldier loads a mortar round, with fins, deep into the tube. Everyone steps out of the emplacement, as they prepare to fire the mortar. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French Schneider CA tanks in operation during the First World War. Tank passes camera. Two World War I French tanks moving towards front line. Rear view of tank moving away with crewman emerging from rear door. The tanks bear painted images of playing card suits: heart, spade, and diamond are seen, indicating to which section of the French Tank Company they belonged.
French soldiers using pack animals to transport parts of 65mm artillery pieces up a mountain during World War 1. They are seen loading an assembled gun at its field location. (WWI. WW1)
French troops firing a "French 75" artillery field piece set up in a revetment during World War 1. One soldier holds his ears before the gun is fired. Closeup of recoil as it fires. The gun crew immediately reloads and fires again. Chart displays yearly increased production of these weapons from 1914 through May, 1917. (WWI. WW1)
French artillerymen surround their 270mm rail gun, during World War 1. Change of scene shows soldiers climbing on another slightly larger, 305mm French railway gun. Finally, a 320mm railroad gun is shown. French soldiers manually move a rail car, containing shells, up close to the big gun. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Brief view of French 340 mm rail gun under camouflage netting during World War I. ( World War 1. WWI. WW1)
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