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| Designation: | 75mm Gun M1897 - French 75 |
| Model: | 75mm Gun M1897A4 |
| Identification No: | 24545 |
| Name: | Comatose Cannon |
| Designed by: | L'arsenal de Bourges |
| Built at: | L'arsenal de Bourges |
| Bourges, Cher, France | |
| Year : | 1918 |
| Carriage | |
| Model: | |
| s/n: | |
| Mfr: | not in our records |
| year: | |
| Gun | |
| Model: | M1897A4 |
| s/n: | 24545 |
| Mfr: | L'arsenal de Bourges |
| Bourges, Cher, | |
| year: | 1918 |
| Recoil Mechanism | |
| Model: | M1897A7 |
| s/n: | 434 |
| Mfr: | Rock Island Arsenal |
| Arsenal Island, Illinois, | |
| year: | 1943 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Towed, Field Gun |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Comments: | modified to saluting gun, fired when CSU has goal at football games |
| Current Status: | Operational | |
| Current Custodian: | Colorado State University, Fort Collings, CO | |
| Access: | Restricted entry | |
| Location: | Colorado State University | |
| 900 Oval Dr | ||
| Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.570574-105.088436 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| https://milehighpowdercoating.com/comatose-cannon/ |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-07-27