10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 | |
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Type | Mountain howitzer |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
Used by | Austria-Hungary |
Wars | World War I |
Production history | |
Designed | 1899 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,022 kg (2,253 lb) |
Width | 90 cm (35 in) |
Shell | 14.3 kg (32 lb) |
Caliber | 104 mm (4.1 in) |
Breech | Eccentric screw |
Carriage | Box trail |
Muzzle velocity | 305 m/s (1,000 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 6,100 m (6,700 yd)? |
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The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I.[1]
It consisted of a barrel of the 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 made from the so-called steel bronze (92% copper bronze strengthened by autofrettage which was used due to the lack of steel industry in Austria, see Franz von Uchatius) on a new, narrow-gauge box trail carriage that could be broken down for transport on animal carts. Like its brother, it lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted recoil spade, and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction. Relatively few were made as the version of the standard 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3-metre (51 in) carriage was cheaper.
References
- ^ https://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/Eng_AfficheCanonGET.php?IdCanonAffiche=815
Bibliography
- Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7
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