7.5 cm mountain cannon M.15
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 7.5 cm mountain cannon M.15 |
| Manufacturer country: | Austria-Hungary |
| Development year: | 1897 |
| Production time: | 1897 to 1918 |
| Weapon Category: | Mountain gun |
| Team: | 6th |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 1,155 mm |
| Caliber : |
75 mm |
| Elevation range: | −9 ° to + 50 ° angular degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 7 ° |
| Furnishing | |
| Closure Type : | Flat wedge lock |
| Charging principle: | Manually |
| Ammunition supply: | Manually |
The 7.5 cm M.15 mountain cannon was a howitzer manufactured by Škoda for the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War .
history
From 1899 to 1915, the Austro-Hungarian Artillery introduced four different models of 75mm howitzers. The last model was the M.15. It was mainly used on the Austro-Italian Alpine front , for example along the Isonzo River . Compared to conventional field guns had howitzers the advantage thanks to their high-angle fire characteristics to be better suited to achieving objectives behind mountains and sloping hills. Even after the First World War, the gun remained in the service of numerous armies, including the Federal Army , the Royal Hungarian and Czechoslovak Army . It was still used in World War II and was not even taken out of service by the Italian armed forces until the early 1960s.
In 1928 Škoda brought out an improved successor model under the abbreviation 75 mm M.28.
technology
The howitzer was designed as a mountain gun and could be broken down into six partial loads for transporting mules. The recoil suspension was carried out hydropneumatically. The mount was designed as a box mount with a ground spur that dug into the ground when it was fired and gave additional stability. The protective shield was enormous and even covered the spoked wheels. The size of the shield required additional bracing. The pipe guide was on a uniaxial mount . This gave the tube additional stability when it was launched. If the gun was to be transported assembled, the spars could be folded up and equipped with a device for a drawbar. The lower part of the protective shield was then folded up, allowing increased ground clearance.
Technical specifications
Reverse barrel gun with flat wedge lock in box mount with protective shield, Skoda system. The transport took place in seven partial loads by pack animals.
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Footnotes
- ↑ so the official name (see Ortner p. 381)
literature
- M. Christian Ortner : The 7.5 cm mountain cannon. The most modern mountain gun of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I , Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Schleinbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-9504720-0-4
- Ian Hogg : 20th Century Artillery . 1st edition, Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 2001, ISBN 3-8112-1878-6 . (German translation)
- M. Christian Ortner: The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918 , Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-12-0, p. 381 ff
- Shelford Bidwell et al. a .: Land war in the 20th century: history, technology, strategy . Edited by: Ray Bonds, Gondrom Verlag, Bayreuth 1978, ISBN 3-8112-0148-4 . (German translation; English original title: The encyclopedia of land warfare in the 20th century )