Courtesy Google Earth - Street View 2014

Designation: 155mm Gun - Grande Puissance Filloux
Model: 155mm Gun M1917 GPF
Identification No: 0208


Designed by: Filloux, Louis J. F.
Built at: L'arsenal de Puteaux
Paris, Ile de France, France
Gun
Model: M1917
s/n:959
Mfr: L'arsenal de Puteaux
Paris, Ile de France,
year:
Item Category: Artillery, Towed, Field Gun

Memorial Information
Owner: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Document: TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918
Owner Reference No: 18F


Comments: ex American Legion Post 566, Akron, OH, photo taken there.


Known problems with data:
Wikipedia and TACOM do not agree on S/N


Current Status: Static Display
Access: Fee Outdoor
Location: Fort Miles
15099 Cape Henlopen State Park
Lewes, Delaware, USA
Lat/Long38.778092-75.088536 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

https://www.coasttv.com/news/historic-world-war-ii-cannon-installed-at-fort-miles-museum-in-cape-henlopen-state-park/article_dca71d3a-c2f0-4090-bc5a-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_155_mm_GPF

In-House private documents:

TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918

Click here to see our reference list

Last update to record: 2025-12-07

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