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The term "Howitzer" is used to describe a cannon which fires a shell in a high curving trajectory, as compared to a Gun which fires a shell in a relatively flat trajectory. The precise dividing line between mortars and howitzers varies, and European countries such as Austria referred to long range guns as large as 305 mm as siege mortars which ...
Historically, howitzers fired a heavy shell in a high-trajectory from a relatively short barrel and their range was limited but they were slightly more mobile than similar size field guns. Since the end of World War II , howitzers have gained longer barrels and hence increased range to become gun-howitzers .
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.
The howitzer (/ ˈ h aʊ. ɪ t s ər /) is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.It is generally aimed lower than a mortar but higher than a cannon.
The 42 centimetre kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (short naval cannon), or Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), popularly known by the nickname Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918.
The 4.5-inch howitzer entered Irish service in 1925 to equip the newly formed 3rd Field Battery. Additional equipment received by the Irish Army in 1941 included four 4.5-inch howitzers. In 1943–44, 20 additional 4.5-inch howitzers were received. Thirty-eight 4.5-inch howitzers, all on carriage Mk1PA, were used by the reserve FCA.
The origins of a British heavy "siege" howitzer lie in advances in technology and the 21 cm howitzers used by the German field army. [6] UK had purchased Skoda 9.45-inch howitzers from Austria in 1900 for service in South Africa. A practice camp in the 1900s showed this howitzer's high minimum elevation was a major problem.
3.7-inch mountain howitzer United Kingdom: World War I / World War II 100: 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm M. 16 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Austria-Hungary: World War I 100: 10 cm M. 16/19 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Czechoslovakia: World War II 105