155 mm mle 1917 howitzer was a sound and reliable*
French Schneider design of WWI-vintage, used by many*
countries and also manufactured in Poland before the*
war (as wz.17). They remained basic French heavy*
howitzers at the outbreak of WWII, although their*
range of 11 km was not outstanding anymore by then.* 
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They were used in Polish infantry divisions formed*
in France in 1940.*
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