[ PolishArmy - Celebration of Independence Day in Warsaw - parade of motorized artillery units - 75 mm field cannons - situational photograph]. [11 XI 1936]. Photograph form. 12x17 cm, by W[itold] Pikiel in Warsaw.
Parade of motorized artillery units in front of the honorary tribune on the square Na Rozdrożu. Visible 75 mm Schneider wz. 1897 field cannons towed by Citroen Kegresse C4 P17 half-track tractors. Shot reprod. in: A. Jońca "Half-tracked cars" - Great Lexicon of Armament September 1939, volume 100, page 20 - with description: "P17 artillery tractors with 75 mm wz. 97 cannons on rollers. The tractors have Polish bodies and are tractors dedicated to towing yachts. They present themselves much nicer than 'cannon' tractors with French bodies - and this was probably the reason for displaying them for the Independence Day parade." Photographer's stamp on the back. Peel marks from the album on the back, otherwise good condition.
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