Obusier de 120 mm C modèle 1890
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General Information | |
Military designation: | Obusier de 120 mm C modèle 1890 |
Manufacturer country: | France |
Start of production: | 1890 |
Number of pieces: | 230 |
Model variants: | 1 |
Technical specifications | |
Pipe length: | 1.32 m |
Caliber : |
12 cm |
Caliber length : | 14th |
Cadence : | 2 rounds / min |
Elevation range: | - 12 ° - + 44 ° angular degrees |
Side straightening area: | 10 ° |
Furnishing | |
Charging principle: | Breech loader with crank lock |
The Obusier de 120 mm C modèle 1890 (howitzer 120 mm C model 1890), also called 120 mm baquet (vat), was a French medium field howitzer at the end of the 19th century. It was introduced in 1890 and only used in the French artillery of the First World War. (The "C" stands for court - so "short".)
description
In 1886 a new gun was required that had sufficient mobility to be used in field artillery and that was suitable for steep fire .
As a result, a howitzer with a hydraulic reverse brake was introduced in 1890 . In August 1914, the five heavy artillery regiments were equipped with a total of 84 howitzers. The ammunition doping was 400 shells per howitzer. A total of 1,280,000 of these shells were made, which means that, in purely mathematical terms, each gun made about 15,000 shells.
The gun also played a role in the so-called Dreyfus affair , in which the captain of the artillery Alfred Dreyfus was accused of having betrayed (or intended to betray) the technical data of the howitzer to the Germans.
Further technical data
- effective combat distance = 5,800 m
- Weight in driving position = 1,475 t
- Bullet weight = 18–20 kg
literature
- Capitaine Leroy: Historique et organization de l'artillerie. L'artillerie française depuis le 2 août 1914. Ed .: École militaire de l'Artillerie. 1922 ( digitized on Gallica ).
- Général Jules Challéat: L'artillerie de terre en France pendant un siècle. Histoire technique (1916-1919). Volume 2. Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, Paris 1935 ( digitized on Gallica ).
Web links
- L'obusier de 120 C modèle 1890 Baquet. In: Fortiff'Séré
- Antoine Verney: Artillery lourde: 1915, 1916 et 1917. In: Blog on the presentation of the "Album de la guerre européenne"