10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99
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The 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 was a howitzer
was used by Austria-Hungary
during World War I
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It used bronze for its barrel and lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted spade brake, and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction. Nonetheless it was the standard field howitzer for the Austrian Army upon the outbreak of the war.
It donated its barrel to the 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
, although few of those were made, being largely replaced by a version of the standard Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3 metres (51.2 in) carriage for use on mountain paths. The axle seats were deleted from these narrow carriages in the interest of saving weight.
Howitzer
A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent...
was used by Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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It used bronze for its barrel and lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted spade brake, and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction. Nonetheless it was the standard field howitzer for the Austrian Army upon the outbreak of the war.
It donated its barrel to the 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. It consisted of the bronze barrel of the 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 on a new, narrow-gauge carriage that could be broken down for transport on animal carts...
, although few of those were made, being largely replaced by a version of the standard Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3 metres (51.2 in) carriage for use on mountain paths. The axle seats were deleted from these narrow carriages in the interest of saving weight.