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The Abus gun was an early form of howitzer in the Ottoman Empire. [18] In 1758, the Russian Empire introduced a specific type of howitzer (or rather gun-howitzer), with a conical chamber, called a licorne, which remained in service for the next 100 years. [19]
152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) Soviet Union: Vietnam War, Six-day War, Iran-Iraq War, Syrian Civil War 152: 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20), M84 NORA field gun Yugoslavia: 152: Type 66 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War, modern 152: Type 83 howitzer People's Republic of China: Modern 152: 152 H 88 Finland: Cold War 155
A quick-firing or rapid-firing gun is an artillery piece, typically a gun or howitzer, that has several characteristics which taken together mean the weapon can fire at a fast rate. Quick-firing was introduced worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s and had a marked impact on war both on land and at sea.
When the gun fired the cradle recoiled backwards, while the lower part stayed anchored. This recoil system was also used by the more powerful Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1890, which mounted the gun barrel of the Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881 on the same style of carriage. The recoil mechanism was not enough to absorb the barrel's recoil ...
Unlike the earlier Canon de 155 mm L modèle 1877, the mle 1881 was designed for short range high angle fire instead of long-range low angle fire.The mle 1881 used a distinctive looking gooseneck shaped box trail, was a breech loaded howitzer with a steel barrel and a de Bange obturator which used separate loading bagged charges and projectiles.
The M1841 mountain howitzer was a mountain gun used by the United States Army during the mid-nineteenth century, from 1837 to about 1870. It saw service during the Mexican–American War of 1847–1848, the American Indian Wars, and during the American Civil War, 1861–1865 (primarily in the more rugged western theaters).
Abus gun (Ottomans – howitzer) Agar machine gun (US – machine gun – 1861) Allen & Thurber Single-Shot (US – pistol – 1848) Allen & Wheelock Drop Breech (US – rifle – 1860) Apache revolver (Belgium – revolver – c.1869) Arisaka Type 30 rifle (Empire of Japan – rifle – 1897/1899) Arquebus (Dutch – 15th century)
BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun United Kingdom: World War I 70: BL 2.75 inch Mountain Gun United Kingdom: World War I 70: Canon de Montagne de 70mm SA France: World War I / World War II: 75: Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun Japan: Russo-Japanese War: 75: 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 Greece / France: Balkan Wars / World War I: 75: QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun