Mortier de 270 modèle 1889

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mortier de 270 modèle 1889


Battery de la Tente on the Île d'Aix

General Information
Military designation: Mortier de 270 modèle 1889
Manufacturer country: France
Developer / Manufacturer: Charles Ragon de Bange
Start of production: 1889
Number of pieces: 30th
Model variants: 1
Technical specifications
Pipe length: 3.35 m
Caliber :

27 cm

Caliber length : 12
Cadence : 0.5 rounds / min
Elevation range: −7 +60 degrees of angle
Side straightening area: 300 °
Furnishing
Charging principle: Breech loader with crank lock

The Mortier de 270 modèle 1889 ( German  mortar 270 mm model 1889 ) or Mortier sur affût G (mortar on mount G) was a gun of the French coastal artillery of the 19th century.

history

Reserve guns (270 mm howitzers) in the Mailly warehouse

In the course of efforts to make France's coastal defense more effective, the “Canon de 270 modèle 1889” were placed on a “Système Vasseur” bogie. This was a center pivot mount with a lateral directional range of 300 °, which made it ideal for use as coastal artillery. It was the successor to the Mortier de 270 modèle 1885 , which had only been provided with an improved mount, the so-called "mount G". The pipe was returned via a slide in which the pipe cradle was inserted. The mortar was designed by Charles Valérand Ragon de Bange .

After the invasion of France during the Second World War , the Wehrmacht found 24 of these mortars in the reserve stocks of the French army in the Mailly camp . They were built into the Atlantic Wall as a “27 cm coastal mortar 585 (f)” . They were mentioned here in 1945. Nothing is known about the use and whereabouts.

More guns with the breech of the System de Bange

Footnotes

  1. ↑ fortiffsere
  2. ↑ lemairesoft

Web links

Artillery of the French Army in World War II


Air defense

Mitrailleuse de 25 mm contre-aéroplanes • Canon de 75 antiaérien mle 1913-1917 • Canon de 75 CA modèle 1940 Schneider

Anti-tank

Canon léger de 25 antichar SA-L mle 1937 • Canon de 37 mm AC modèle 1934 • Canon de 47 mm AC modèle 1934 • Canon de 47 mm modèle 1937

Field guns

Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897

Infantry guns

Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

Light, medium
and heavy artillery

Canon de 105 court mle 1934 Schneider • Canon de 105 court mle 1935 B • Canon de 105 L mle 1936 Schneider • Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider • Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 S • Canon de 155 mm C modèle 1915 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 155 mm GPF • Canon de 194 mm GPF • Canon de 220 L mle 1917 • 220 mm TR mle 1915/1916

Grenade launcher

Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1917 Fabry

Mountain guns

Canon de 65 mm de montagne modèle 1906 • Canon de 75 M (montagne) modele 1919 Schneider • Canon de 75 M (montagne) modele 1928 • Canon Court de 105 M (montagne) modele 1909 Schneider • Canon Court de 105 M (montagne) modèle 1919 tailor

Railway guns

Canon de 240 modèle 93/96 TAZ • Canon de 32 modèle 1870/93 • Obusier de 370 modèle 1915 • Obusier de 400 mm modèle 1915/1916 • Obusier de 520 modèle 1916

Siege guns

Canon de 240 mm modèle 1884 • Mortier de 280 modèle 14/16

Coastal artillery

Canon de 100 mm modèle 1891 • Canon de 145 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 155 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond • Canon de 240 mm modèle 1884 • Mortier de 270 modèle 1889

Chariot cannons

Puteaux SA 18 • 47mm SA mle 1935 • Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897