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I have not seen reference to Syria having used these weapons before I read this article, where does the citation come from? Perhaps they were using captured Lebanese Army howitzers? I realize that France provided some military equipment to the Syrians during the early to mid-1950s, perhaps there were some exports of this gun to Syria during this period? SASH155 ( talk) 00:54, 10 April 2012 (UTC)SASH155, W.Thomas, Alex. VA
Found a recent photo on Photobucket.com while doing an image search for Peruvian artillery which shows a Peruvian army MAN 6x6 truck towing a 155mm OB de 155mm BF Mle. 1950. It is unclear when Peru took delivery of these weapons, but it seems that France (or Sweden or Israel???) sold a few (12?) surplus retired ones to them over the last several years. It would seem that France also delivered a battery or two of these howitzers to Senegal, perhaps during the 1990s. Here on Wikipedia the ORBAT listed for the modern Peruvian army says that they have 12 "SOFAM" (sic.) 155mm howitzers, which could only logically be either the 155mm Mk. F-3 SPH or the mle. 1950. SASH155 ( talk) 21:33, 21 May 2012 (UTC)SASH155, W.Thomas, Alex. VA SASH155 ( talk) 21:56, 21 May 2012 (UTC)SASH155
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I have not seen reference to Syria having used these weapons before I read this article, where does the citation come from? Perhaps they were using captured Lebanese Army howitzers? I realize that France provided some military equipment to the Syrians during the early to mid-1950s, perhaps there were some exports of this gun to Syria during this period? SASH155 ( talk) 00:54, 10 April 2012 (UTC)SASH155, W.Thomas, Alex. VA
Found a recent photo on Photobucket.com while doing an image search for Peruvian artillery which shows a Peruvian army MAN 6x6 truck towing a 155mm OB de 155mm BF Mle. 1950. It is unclear when Peru took delivery of these weapons, but it seems that France (or Sweden or Israel???) sold a few (12?) surplus retired ones to them over the last several years. It would seem that France also delivered a battery or two of these howitzers to Senegal, perhaps during the 1990s. Here on Wikipedia the ORBAT listed for the modern Peruvian army says that they have 12 "SOFAM" (sic.) 155mm howitzers, which could only logically be either the 155mm Mk. F-3 SPH or the mle. 1950. SASH155 ( talk) 21:33, 21 May 2012 (UTC)SASH155, W.Thomas, Alex. VA SASH155 ( talk) 21:56, 21 May 2012 (UTC)SASH155