Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
...
Lawrence Dillard wrote:



I'd sure like to know where the "77mm" stuff started. I've seen this
mentioned
in similar accounts, especially in the early war, but the Germans didn't
have
'77s'.

Yes they did. They had the FK 96/16 left over from WW1. It was built
in large numbers as a counter to the French 75mm

http://www.landships.freeservers.com..._fk16_info.htm


H'mm. the references I have all list the FK 16 n/A (neuer Art.) used in WW2
as 7.5 cm (75mm), but I suppose this could be one of those situations where
the caliber was changed in name but not in fact. I wonder how many were still
around and in use in WW2. It seems unlikely that any were issued to
front-line divisions, as there seem to have been enough FH 18s (or even
rechambered Russian 76.2mms) for them.

Guy