L'ARTILLERIE AUTOMOBILE FRANÇAISE, DES ORIGINES À 1919

During the Great War, the French army went from a group of heavy automobile artillery totaling four batteries to a vast device of motorized equipment equipped with more than 2000 pieces of heavy and high-power field artillery representing almost 15% of the French artillery fleet.

Guy François returns here to the genesis of this formidable revolution, from the 18th century until the beginning of the First World War, and retraces in detail its advent from 1914 to 1919. From the development of heavy tractor artillery, to the construction of autocannons for defense against aircraft, through the mobile batteries of marine gunners, this complete history is supplemented by a detailed study of equipment built in series as well as the rarest prototypes.

In this book, accompanied by 450 period illustrations and photos and numerous unpublished documents, a whole section of the world of artillery is revealed.