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The mortar was intended for siege work, although it had carriages suitable for both field and siege duties. The siege carriage was a steel sledge-type and was equipped with a hydraulic braking device to help absorb the recoil forces. Two wheels could be attached to the front of the carriage and a limber attached to the rear for transport. The ...
High-explosive shells for the 420 mm howitzer. The 42 cm L/15 Küstenhaubitze M. 14 (42 cm, 15 caliber, Coastal Howitzer Model 14) was a superheavy siege howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I and by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The mle 1890 is a transitional piece and was a combination of both old and new ideas. It was a breech loaded howitzer with a steel barrel and a de Bange obturator designed by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange which used separate loading bagged charges and projectiles. The barrel was the same as used on the earlier Obusier de 155 mm C modele 1881 ...
The 18 cm kurze Kanone M 80 (short cannon) was a heavy siege howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I.Designed to replace the M 61 series of siege guns the M 80 family of siege guns offered greater range and armor penetration than the older guns.
Development of the modèle 1890 began in 1886 at the Atelier-de-précision in Paris, following a request by the French Army for a mobile howitzer capable of high angle fire. Adopted in 1890, it was assigned to heavy field artillery regiments ( artillerie lourde de campagne ) and to artillery regiments ( régiments d'artillerie à pied ) of the ...
Obusier de 155 mm C mle 1890 Baquet - This field howitzer used the same barrel as the mle 1881 on a new box trail carriage that had two wooden spoked wheels with steel rims and was designed to be light enough to be horse-drawn in one piece. The carriage was split into two parts, a stationary lower part which supported the weapon and a sliding ...
English: 38 cm siege howitzer. Magyar: 38 cm-es ostromtarack. Source: Self-photographed: Author: Photo by Szilas in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum .
152 mm howitzer BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer United Kingdom: 152 mm howitzer 6-inch howitzer M1908 United States: 152 mm howitzer 6-inch siege gun M1877 Russian Empire: 152 mm siege gun 6-inch siege gun M1904 Russian Empire: 152 mm siege gun 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99 Austria-Hungary: 70 mm mountain gun 7.5 cm FK 7M85 Nazi Germany: 75 mm field gun