7.5 cm mountain gun 36
| 7.5 cm mountain gun 36 | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 7.5 cm mountain gun 18 |
| Manufacturer country: | German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Rheinmetall / R. Wolf |
| Development year: | 1935 |
| Production time: | 1938 to 1944 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 1.45 m |
| Caliber : |
7.5 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 19.5 |
| Cadence : | 6 rounds / min |
| Elevation range: | −2 ° to +70 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 40 ° |
| Furnishing | |
| Maximum firing range: Weight in firing position: |
9,250 meters 750 kg |
The 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 was a standard gun of the mountain divisions of the German Wehrmacht in World War II . It was supplemented by the 10.5 cm mountain howitzer 40 . The 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 43 was planned as the successor model in production .
Development and production
The weapon was developed by Rheinmetall in Düsseldorf and manufactured in series from 1938 to 1944 by the Magdeburg mechanical engineering company R. Wolf .
commitment
The 7.5 cm mountain gun 36 was used in the light sections of the mountain artillery regiments of the mountain divisions. It was moved in a horse-drawn train or could be transported in eight loads by pack animals. The life of the barrel that fired shells weighing 5.75 or 5.83 kilograms was approximately 6,000 to 8,000 rounds. When firing with the strongest charge with little or no barrel elevation, the gun jumped a little due to the leverage effect (especially due to spreader bars that were too short), so that the use of the strongest propellant charge was avoided as far as possible. This was relevant, among other things, for anti-tank defense, as mountain troops often had to fight in armored terrain. This design flaw was to be remedied in the 7.5 cm mountain gun 43 .
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
- Karl R. Pawlas: The 7.5 cm mountain gun 36. In: Waffen-Revue No. 90, Schwäbisch Hall, Schwend 1993.
- Ian V. Hogg : German Artillery of World War Two. Greenhill Books, London 1975.
