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Old September 19, 2012, 05:38 AM   #20
BlueTrain
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What does French have to do with it? Virtually all of our tube artillery for land use is either of French or British origin. Even more remarkably, during WWI the French managed to supply US forces with all the artillery up to 155mm, the British supplying the 8-inch stuff, which is why for decades later, we had guns that were both designated in either millimeters or inches. In fact, for a few decades, it was the WWI equipment itself.
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