Despite its obsolescence by the time of World War 1 in July of 1914, any gun was required in the French war effort so available stocks of de Bange 90mm weapons were still pressed into service until better alternatives could be had (indeed there was an ammunition shortage which only worsened the French situation). Lacking anything better, the British Army also equipped with the French gun for a time in The Great War. Such was the reach of this weapon that it remained in circulation heading into the World War 2 years where some 100 were given to Finland by France to help stave off defeat at the hands of the invading Soviet Union. Barely of a quarter of these guns made it to Finnish hands though the Finns managed their use into mid-1944 before the story of this weapon was finally completed.
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