75mm Field Gun Battery, circa 1933

From Elementary Mounted Instruction, Field Artillery School, 1933

75mm Gun Model of 1897 (French), Gun

Lead Team Driver - Swing Team Driver - Wheel Team Driver - Gunner (Corporal) & 2 Cannoneers - Gun
Chief of Section (Sergeant - rides next to the Lead Team Driver)

75mm Gun Model of 1897 (French), Caisson

Lead Team Driver - Swing Team Driver - Wheel Team Driver - Gunner (Corporal) 3/4 Cannoneers - Caisson
Caisson Corporal (rides next to the Lead Team Driver)

Disposition of harness in field for one half of the section on the limber tongue.

Disposition of harness in garrison for one team.

ANCILLARY HORSE-DRAWN FIELD ARTILLERY VEHICLES

From Field Artillery Matériel (Elementary), Field Artillery School, 1932

75mm Gun - Caisson Limber, Model of 1918: The 75mm Gun - Caisson Limber, Model of 1918 carried 18 round of 75mm ammunition, three oil cans shaped like rounds to fit the spaces. The six-horse team was attached to the limber and towed either the 75mm Field Gun, Model of 1897 (French), or the Caisson, Model of 1918. In Field Artillery three cannoneers rode each limber.

75mm Caisson, Model of 1918: The 75mm Caisson, Model of 1918 was towed by a Gun - Caisson Limber, Model of 1918, and six horses. The caisson carried 70 rounds of ammunition and the fuze setter. In light artillery three or four cannoneers rode the caisson. In firing position the caisson was parked next to the gun and the crew prepared ammunition, set fuzes and passed the ammunition to the gun crew. The door on the ammunition bay and the apron beneath the axle serve to protect the crew from small arms fire and small fragments when in firing position. Note that this example has hard rubber tires. I do not know when or why they were issued with hard rubber tires.