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Before the war began the German armed forces Heereswaffenamt compiled a list of known foreign equipment and assigned a unique number to each weapon. These weapons were called Fremdgerät or Beutegerät ("foreign device" or "captured device") and their technical details were recorded in a fourteen-volume set that was periodically updated.
The 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 75 was a bronze-steel mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Despite its 7 cm designation it actually fired a 66 mm (2.6 in) projectile. Despite its 7 cm designation it actually fired a 66 mm (2.6 in) projectile.
It had acquired the rather conventional 7.7 cm FK 96 as its standard gun in 1896. When the French army acquired the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 with hydraulic recoil mechanism in 1897, the FK 96 became obsolete. The model was then changed to become the 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A., which retained the barrel, but put it on a recoil mechanism and new carriage.
Canon de 75 mm antiaérien mle 1917 - a single-axle towed version with three outriggers. This had all fire-control equipment mounted on the carriage and was a Schneider design. [3] 7.7 cm FlaK L/35 - a Krupp conversion of captured M1897 field guns to fire German 7.7 cm ammunition
The 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 13 was a breech-loaded howitzer made of steel with a Krupp horizontal sliding-wedge breech and used Fixed quick-fire ammunition. It had a box trail carriage, gun shield , two wooden-spoked steel-rimmed wheels, and a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism.
January 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM. 5 Enchanting Antiques to See at the Winter Fair Courtesy of Zebregs and Röell. At the beginning of every year since the 1950s, New York's old guard has scurried ...
Although the system is a variant of STAMP, it is mainly designed to be fitted with the 12.7 mm GAU-19/A three-barrel rotary heavy machine gun. It can also be fitted with either a 12.7 mm M2HB heavy machine gun, 7.62 mm FN Minimi light machine gun or a 40 mm MK 19 automatic grenade launcher. [3]
However, their limited traverse and elevation hindered their use as anti-aircraft guns. Instead of producing new guns like the M1914, the Germans often opted to convert a large number of captured M1902s and M1897s and had to create the 7.62 cm FlaK L/30 and 7.7 cm FlaK L/35 by placing the existing barrels on new or modified carriages. It was ...