Canon de 155mm GPF ( Grande Puissance FILLOUX) 1:56

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Hello again, and welcome to my remix! This time, I'm excited to share with you a WW1/WW2 Howitzer - the GPF Filloux. I separated the model into pieces and made it printable in 1:56 scale, so enjoy! Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) This gun was designed by Colonel L.J.F. Filloux to meet a vital French Army requirement for a heavy artillery piece. The design proved successful and became the standard heavy field gun of the French from 1917 until the end of World War I. The weapon was quickly put into service to remedy the shortage of such guns in the French inventory. This led to its designation as the "Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux mle 1917," named by the French Army as the Canon de 155mm GPF (Model of 1917). During World War I, the gun was eventually taken on by the American Expeditionary Force as a standard long-range artillery piece. At the beginning of World War II, the French guns were taken out of storage and 24 of these guns were operational in May-June 1940. M1918 155 mm GPF The US M1918 155 mm GPF was a copy of the French 1917 field gun and used by the US Army, Philippines, and US Marines up to 1945. The United States Army paid for and subsequently copied the Model 1918 (M1918) gun. During World War II, the 155 mm guns were taken out of storage and used for coast defense on American shores and in Allied territories such as the Philippines and Australia. They were also used in the Philippines, Guadalcanal, and North Africa until more modern artillery was available. Ultimately, both the US Army and Marine Corps phased out their M1918 guns for the 155 mm M1A1 "Long Tom" beginning in 1942. The M1918 was also fitted to the M12 Gun Motor Carriage as a self-propelled gun (SPG) and used from 1944 to 1945. 15.5 cm K 418(f) In 1940, France fielded 450 of these guns. Many of them were captured and used by Germany for the rest of the war. In German service, it was known as the 15.5 cm K 418(f); it served with heavy artillery battalions in the Afrika Korps and on coast defense duties. On D-Day in 1944, the German Army had over 50 of the 155 mm French guns in sites on the northern French beaches. A battery of six of these guns near four empty emplacements for larger guns was the cause of the actions at Pointe du Hoc in June 1944.