Canon de 320 mm mle 1870/93
Canon de 320 mm mle 1870/93 | |
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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
literature
- Ian Hogg : 20th Century Artillery . Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 2001, ISBN 3-8112-1878-6 .