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The Canon de 240 L Modele 1884 started life as a coastal artillery piece for use in coastal fortifications. However the events of 1914 dictated that it would soon see action inland as heavy field artillery during World War I.Although the majority of combatants had heavy field artillery prior to the outbreak of war none had adequate numbers of heavy guns in service nor had they foreseen the growing importance of heavy artillery once the Western Front stagnated and trench warfare set in.