Canon de 320 mm mle 1870/93

Canon de 320 mm mle 1870/93
Canon Schneider 320 mm Mle 1870/93 in firing position
General Information
Military designation:	Canon cutter 320 mm Mle 1870/93
Manufacturer country:	France
Developer / Manufacturer:	Schneider et Cie
Weapon Category:	Railway gun
Technical specifications
Overall length:	25.90 m
Pipe length:	10.40 m
Caliber :	320 mm
Elevation range:	+ 22 ° to + 40 ° angular degrees
Furnishing
Ammunition supply:	Manually

The Schneider 320 mm Mle 1870/93 was a French railway gun .

history

The Mle 1870/93 was born out of necessity: Due to a lack of heavy and super-heavy artillery , the French high command decided to use coastal artillery and superfluous fortress artillery on railway carriages. This was done by the Schneider arms factory. The result was the Mle 1870/93. The gun was used from 1914 until the end of the war in 1918 and was scrapped in 1920.

technology

Schneider did not use a pipe return system in its construction. The pipe hung on reinforced trunnions. The recoil was absorbed by the brakes on the mount . After a few shots, the weapon had to be pulled back to its starting position. The weapon had no lateral directional area, so the track system was laid out in a curve in order to adjust the direction of fire.

Web links

Commons : Schneider 320 mm Mle 1870/93  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

• Ian Hogg : 20th Century Artillery . Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 2001, ISBN 3-8112-1878-6 .