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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 ...
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 ...
The heaviest (later called "medium siege howitzers") had calibers between 200 and 220 mm (7.9 and 8.7 in) and fired shells that weighed about 100 kg (220 lb). [22] During the 1880s, a third type of siege howitzer was added to inventories of a number of European armies.
Dhanush (howitzer) India: Modern 155: HM-41 Iran: Modern 155: 155 K 83 Finland: Modern 155: 155 GH 52 APU Finland: Modern 155: M777 howitzer United Kingdom: Modern 155: Royal Ordnance light towed howitzer United Kingdom: 155: Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Spain: Modern 155: Soltam M-68 howitzer Israel: Cold War 155: Soltam M-71 howitzer Israel ...
The 28 cm howitzer L/10 (二十八糎榴弾砲, nijūhachi-senchi ryūdanhō) was a Japanese coastal and siege howitzer. It was developed by Armstrong before 1892 and saw service in the Russo-Japanese War during the siege of Port Arthur and the Second Sino-Japanese War .
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 ...
The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII (6, 7 and 8) were a series of British artillery siege howitzers on mobile carriages of a new design introduced in World War I. [ note 1 ] They were designed by Vickers in Britain and produced by all four British artillery manufacturers but mainly by Armstrong and one American company.
BL 9.2 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 12 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 15 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; RML 6.3 inch howitzer Second Boer War howitzer; FH-70 155 mm gun; M777 155 mm howitzer; L118 light gun 105 mm; M119; Self-propelled artillery. FV433 Abbot SPG self-propelled 105 mm gun; AS-90 155 mm ...