Obusier de 120 mm C modèle 1890

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Obusier de 120 mm C modèle 1890


120 mm C M1890 howitzer, 1915 in the forest of Gernicourt (Aisne)

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 ).

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