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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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) Soviet Union: World War II 122: 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) Soviet Union: 122: D-74 122 mm field gun Soviet Union: Cold War 122: Type 54 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War 122: Type 83 howitzer People's Republic of China: Modern 122: Type 60 howitzer People's Republic of China: Cold War, modern 122: HM-40 ...
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.
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 ...