Artifact Detail
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| French Field Gun Emplacement |
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| Photograph |
| World War 2 |
| Camouflaged field gun with its ammunition carriage. Rear of photograph has written the date of 21 of April 1940. |
| Probably Authentic |
| Related: Artillery , Camouflage |
| Related Facts | |
| From the 13th century, an "artillier" referred to a builder of any war equipment. | |
| The word 'camouflage" is derived from the French word 'camouflerage' which means: camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) +? -age (noun-forming suffix). The French slang word 'camouflage' came into English use during the First World War. |