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Since the beginning of the war, the French have managed to amass a formidable stock of heavy artillery. The deep bass voice of the new "270" gun is feared by the Germans just as much as the bursting sound of the "75"
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New French artillery. Part of the second series of twelve (eight present) postcards on the First World War, 1915.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSinds het begin van den oorlog hebben de Franschen een geduchten voorraad zwaar geschut weten de scheppen. De zware basstem van het nieuwe stuk "270" wordt door de Duitschers al evenzeer gevreesd als . 1915. Sémaphore. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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