42-line field gun M1877
| 42-line field gun M1877 | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 42-line field gun M1877 |
| Manufacturer country: |
 Russian Empire
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| Developer / Manufacturer: | Croup |
| Weapon Category: | Field gun |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | L / 19 (2.02 m) |
| Caliber : |
42 lines (107 mm) |
| Elevation range: | 0 ° - 20 ° degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 0 ° |
| Furnishing | |
| Ammunition supply: | HE, shrapnel |
| Maximum firing range: | 5,300 meters |
The 42-line field gun M1877 ( Russian 42-линейная осадная пушка образца 1877 года ) was a field gun of the Imperial Russian Army . It was used in the Russo-Japanese War , World War I , Finnish Civil War , Russian Civil War, and the Winter War .
history
The gun was a design by the Krupp company and was produced in the Obuchow works in Saint Petersburg .
Soon after it was put into operation, it turned out that the 42-line field gun was only partially operational. The reason was the lack of equipment for indirect firing and so the gun could only be used in direct aiming. For this reason, the 42-line field gun was increasingly used as fortress artillery, especially for coastal protection, as direct fire was easily possible here.
In 1918 the Finnish Army captured 102 42-line field guns and took them over to its armed forces. The last shots with a 42-line field gun were fired during the Winter War in March 1940.
description
The 42-line gun had a Krupp-typical, horizontally movable, robust breech block. It could fire 12.5 kg high explosive (HE) or shrapnel grenades from a distance of up to 5300 meters. The gun had a weight of 1213 kg.
The 42-line field gun M1877 is not to be confused with the 42-line siege gun M1877 , a siege gun with greater firepower and range, but also with greater weight.
gallery
A 42-line field gun in the Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum, Finland
A detailed view of the breech block of the 42-line field gun
Information board of the 42-line field gun in the Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum, Finland
literature
- Shirokorad AB: Encyclopedia of the Soviet Artillery - Mn. Harvest, 2000 ( А. Б. Широкорад : Энциклопедия отечественной артиллерии . - Мн .: Харвест, 2000., ISBN 985-433-703-0 )
Web links
- JAEGER PLATOON: FINNISH ARMY 1918–1945 WEBSITE. ARTILLERY PART 1: Russian guns without recoil system , English
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c JAEGER PLATOON: FINNISH ARMY 1918–1945 WEBSITE. ARTILLERY PART 1: Russian guns without recoil system
- ↑ A line is one tenth of an inch, or 2.54 mm.
- ^ Finnish Artillery Pieces in the Winter War, guns without recoil system