The de Bange 155 mm long cannon mle. 1877 (or more briefly the 155 L de Bange) was the French artillery piece that debuted the 155 mm caliber in widespread use today. Although obsolete by the beginning of World War I the 155 L was nonetheless pressed into service and became the main counter-battery piece of the French army in the first two years of the war.
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