Hi All

Just wanted to point out that the Cresout Boer gun should really be renamed into either Creusot or Le Creusot, as this was the French manufacturer of that gun.

Sorry for being a stickler however I've struggled with Cresout for a while now... LOL!

Cheers and thanks for reading. :-)

Am I correct that only four of these guns were made?
And they were all used by the Boers in the Boer War?

That's seems a rather specific set with limited utility.

Is there no other reason to buy them for those of us who don't do the Boer War?

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

They were used in WW1 as were other Boer War era artillery pieces.

Mike, 1,400 were made and had a service history from 1877 to 1944, including WW1, the SCW and WW2, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bange_155_mm_cannon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/155_mm_Creusot_Long_Tom

IMO it should be called "Boer Long Tom (155mm) Gun", with or without the 155mm as this is not essential... since that is a true description.

The French name is probarbly more like (Canon de)"155 Long Mle 1877", the Long is usually abreviated to 155L, Mle is short for Modele.... at least in French period manuals..

Also known as the "155 Long De Bange" as it used a De Bange breech.

so you can pick any of those really...

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