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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.
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 ...
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 four BL 18-inch railway howitzers that were deployed during the Second World War were all scrapped in the post-war period. [3]Only the gun from the fifth howitzer, named "barrel number one", survives, [4] it was used for artillery testing at MoD Shoeburyness in 1920 before being put into storage at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. [4]
Generally, the core components of historic firearms are metal (iron, steel, brass) and wood. Decorative elements may include other metals like gold or silver, and organic materials such as bone, antler, and ivory. Animal hide and sinew may also have been used to repair damaged firearms or build a new weapon using multiple parts.
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
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
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).