Old Cannons 155 K/77 and 120 K/78

155 K/77 (155 mm cannon model 1878 - Canon de 155 Long, Mle 1877)

Calibre:155 mm (bagged charge ammunition)
Barrel length: L/27
Weight in action: 5700 - 6500 kg
Muzzle velocity: 517 m/sec
Traverse:0 degrees
Elevation:- 26 degrees, + 26 degrees
Max. range:12,3 km
Ammunition weight:40,0 - 43,6 kg (HE)
Ammunition types:HE
Country of origin:France

Finnish use: 48 guns donated by France during Winter War, but they arrived too late to be used in that war. All guns used by fortification artillery and coastal artillery units during Continuation War. Last shots in battle fired in July of 1944 - these were likely the last shots ever fired with guns so old, that they lacked recoil system.
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120 K/78 with wheel plates, which were part of equipment used to reduce recoil with this gun model and make transporting the gun on soft ground easier. 

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                                     155 L towed by a Holt tractor, Vosges, 1915
                             
                                             155 L with serial number 1 (1877). 
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Calibre: 120 mm (bagged charge ammunition)
Barrel length: L/27
Weight in action:3750 - 3850 kg
Muzzle velocity:525 - 613 m/sec
Traverse:0 degrees
Elevation:- 0 degrees, + 30 degrees
Max. range:10,7 - 12,4 km
Ammunition weight:18,8 - 20,0 kg (HE)
Ammunition types:HE
Country of origin:France

Finnish use: 72 guns donated by France during Winter War. None of the guns arrived in time to see any battle use in that war. Most guns, if not all used by fortification artillery units during Continuation War. The most popular and most heavily used of these guns in Finnish use. Last shots fired in battle in June of 1944.
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