Photo by Carol Angstrom, 2015

Designation: 75mm Gun M1897 - French 75
Model: 75mm Gun M1897A2
Identification No: 50010


Designed by: L'arsenal de Bourges
Built at: Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet, New York, USA
Carriage
Model: M2A3
s/n:862
Mfr: Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal Island, Illinois,
year: 1941
Gun
Model: M1897A2
s/n:50010
Mfr: Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet, New York,
year: 1941
Item Category: Artillery, Towed, Field Gun

Memorial Information
Owner: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Document: TACOM On Loan Inventory, FOIA Oct 2017
Owner Reference No: 50010/862(carriage)

Known problems with data:
Not on 2024 TACOM list: Google 2-28-25


Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Town of Creston, WA
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Veterans Memorial
N Creston Ave at N 2nd St
Creston, Washington, USA
Lat/Long47.7581861-118.5199028 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

In-House private documents:

TACOM On Loan Inventory, FOIA Oct 2017

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Last update to record: 2025-04-16

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