Though I'm able to access 100s of pdf from the original online achive I cant find the actual index that gives the titles nor the official method of doing so? but I think its starts here at http://www.afbourdon.com/ note the "documentsafb" in the original link..... I recall trying this before...
This link gives a partial English translation of the same French pdf document posted by Charlie above... "Artillery Material in service on the Allied front 1914-17"
Hear, hear. Oh, joy. It's got the Crocodile in it.
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Crocodile Schneider Type B (?!), it was not a dummy (wood) > En Groupe ?!?!? about 16x
It seems not. That picture has appeared in Tank Zone (or GBM). François V says it's genuine. But no clue what "Type A" was . . .
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Looks like a great find, but I've not had any luck with the site as yet. Once you've figured it out, it'd be appreciated if you'd tell us non-French speakers how to conduct a search through these files.
Hi James basically this is the Schneider Archive it includes official docs, photo albums and books from at least the early 1800s etc etc... its difficult to use, not user friendly and often has broken links or ones that you have alter to get to work....
The search engine is here :
http://www.afbourdon.com/
click on "Archives Industrielles" which will take you here:
http://www.afbourdon.com/Rubriques/archives.htm
And then on the right hand side of the page : Rechercher en ligne (there another link for inventory as well)
Translated all the instructions using Google and still don't have an idea as to how to access the material! Sometimes I get rewarded with titles, sometimes not while using the same procedure. But having found some, I can then use Galiica for further search.
The Obusier de 200mm "Pérou" sur affût tous azimuts was an ALVF ordered by the Peruvian Govt in 1908, built in 1912 and requisitioned in 1914. There were only 2 built.
They seem to have been in service at least until 1915, although ammunition supply would have been an issue since 200mm wasn't a standard French calibre. The rate of fire was fairly low (1.5 rounds/min) because the gun had to traverse back to 0 deg to line up with the shell handling gear after each shot.
Thank you very much, Charles, for the catalog! IMHO, it's much better than its 1914 analog on Gallica. Found there a 75-mm semi-auto gun M1908:
Regarding the archive, it was placed on-line in November 2012, but personally I was not able to use it for more than a year. And even now I'm getting errors (Erreur lors du store de cette recherche) when I try to use search.
Interestingly, there're labels in Russian dated 13 February 1948 on http://octant.u-bourgogne.fr/portail/documentsafb//0064ZH/0064ZH000009/0064ZH000009-02.pdf and http://octant.u-bourgogne.fr/portail/documentsafb//0064ZH/0064ZH000009/0064ZH000009-10.pdf.