List of mountain artillery
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Mountain artillery, which includes pack howitzers, mountain howitzers and mountain guns, is designed to accompany mountain infantry forces. Usually lightweight and designed to be broken down to be portable by pack animals or even soldiers, they often are in limited calibres with low muzzle energy. Correspondingly, range and anti-armor capabilities are limited. However, they can deliver useful firepower in locations that may be inaccessible to heavier support forces.
Caliber Caliber In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it.... (mm) |
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63.5 | RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun The Ordnance RML 2.5 inch mountain gun was a British rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun of the late 19th century designed to be broken down into four loads for carrying by man or mule. It was primarily used by the Indian Army.-History:... |
Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... |
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65 | Canon de 65 Montagne mle 1906 Canon de 65 M(montagne) modele 1906 The Canon de 65 M modele 1906 or was a French mountain gun which entered service with the regiments d'artillerie de montagne in 1906 and was one of the first soft-recoil guns in service. The carriage of the mle 1906 was hinged and could be broken down into four mule loads for transport... |
/ | 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... / World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
65 | Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 | World War I / World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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70 | 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99 The 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99 was a mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. It was obsolete upon introduction as it had a bronze barrel and only a spring-loaded spade to absorb the recoil forces and it had to be relaid after every shot... |
World War I | |
70 | Cannone da 70/15 Cannone da 70/15 The Cannone da 70/15 was a mountain gun was used by Italy during World War I. By World War II it had been relegated to the infantry gun role in units assigned to Italian East Africa.... |
World War I | |
70 | BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun The Ordnance BL 10 pounder mountain gun was developed as a BL successor to the RML 2.5 inch screw gun which was outclassed in the Second Boer War.-History:... |
World War I | |
70 | BL 2.75 inch Mountain Gun 2.75 inch Mountain Gun The Ordnance BL 2.75 inch Mountain Gun was a screw gun designed for and used by the Indian Mountain Artillery into World War I.-Description:The gun was an improved version of the 1901 BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun.... |
World War I | |
75 | Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun The Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun was introduced in 1898. As the barrel was made of steel, it improved the range and accuracy of the gun when compared to the 7 cm Mountain Gun, which was made of bronze. It was used during the Russo-Japanese War. Approximately 620 were produced.... |
Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea... |
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75 | 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 The 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 was a Greek-designed and French-manufactured mountain gun.... |
/ | Balkan War / 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... |
75 | QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun The QF 2.95 inch mountain gun was the designation given by the British to a Vickers 75mm gun. It was originally produced for the Egyptian Army. It was taken into British service in the late 19th Century to provide the 'movable armament' at some coaling stations... |
World War I | |
75 | Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 The Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 mountain guns were originally issued to the Schutztruppe in German South West Africa. The gun was also issued to the Portuguese colonial forces in Angola.-Survivors:... |
German Empire | World War I |
75 | Ehrhardt Model 1911 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone Model 1911 The 7.5cm Gebirgskanone Model 1911 was a mountain gun manufactured, in 1911, by the German firm, Ehrhardt . Nine batteries were sold to Norway. In 1940, a number of these were captured by the Germans who designated them 7.5cm GebK 247. The crew was protected by an armoured shield.... |
German Empire | World War I |
75 | 7.5 cm M. 15 mountain gun (Škoda) Skoda 75 mm Model 15 The Skoda 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M. 15 was a mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. In German service it was known as the 7.5 cm GebK 15... |
World War I | |
75 | Škoda 75 mm Model 1928 Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 The Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 was a mountain gun manufactured by Skoda Works and exported to Yugoslavia. It was a modernized version of the Skoda 75 mm Model 15. The gun typically had a 75 mm barrel; however, it could be fitted with a 90 mm barrel... |
World War II | |
75 | Škoda 75 mm Model 1936 Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 The Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 was a mountain gun manufactured by Skoda Works, in Czechoslovakia, and a variant was produced in Russia . Skoda also produced a handful of the 76.2 mm variant. For transport, the gun could be broken down into 3 sections, and further broken down into ten loads... |
World War II | |
75 | Škoda 75 mm Model 1939 Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 The Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 was a mountain gun manufactured in by Skoda Works and exported in small numbers to Romania and Iran. The design was related to the Bofors L/22 sold to Switzerland. For transport, the gun could be broken into eight sections and carried by mule. The gun crew was... |
World War II | |
75 | Canon de 75 M mle 1919 Schneider Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider The Canon de 75 M modèle 1919 Schneider was a French mountain gun designed as a replacement of the 65 mm mle 1906. The mle 1919 was manufactured by Schneider et Cie and used during World War II. For transport, the gun could be broken down into seven sections. This weapon was used by Brazil,... |
World War II | |
75 | Canon de 75 M mle 1928 Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928 The Canon de 75 M modèle 1928 was a French mountain gun. The guns were also sold to Poland. After 1940, these weapons were used by the Germans as 7.5 cm GebK 283. The French used this weapon to equip the artillery batteries of the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division during 1944 and 1945.-See... |
World War II | |
75 | Kongsberg M.27 M.27 The 75 mm M.27 was a Norwegian mountain gun used in World War II. Twenty-four of these guns were designed and built by Kongsberg Kanonfabrik to supplement the old 75mm Ehrhardt M.11 guns. There is no record of any use by Nazi Germany after the Norwegian Campaign... |
World War II | |
75 | 75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 / M116 | World War II | |
75 | Obice de 75/18 Modello 34, 35 Obice da 75/18 modello 34 The Obice da 75/18 modello 34 was an Italian artillery piece used during World War II.- History :Much of Italy is mountainous, so the Italian army has always had an interest in mountain artillery... |
World War II | |
75 | Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 The Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 was a mountain gun produced in Sweden by Bofors and sold abroad widely. The Model 1934 was used by Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and China in World War II. Germany bought a small number of guns for evaluation and training before the war and designated them as the... |
World War II | |
75 | Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun The Type 41 75 mm mountain gun is a Japanese license-built copy of the Krupp M.08 mountain gun. Originally it was the standard pack artillery weapon. After it was superseded by the Type 94 75 mm mountain gun, it was then used as an infantry "regimental" gun, deployed 4 to each infantry... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
75 | Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun The was a mountain gun used as a general purpose infantry support gun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It superseded the Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun to become the standard pack artillery piece of Japanese infantry divisions... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
75 | leGebIG 18 | Nazi Germany | World War II |
75 | 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 The 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 was a German mountain gun used during World War II. At least 1193 were built between 1938 and 1945... |
Nazi Germany | World War II |
76 | Canon de 76 M mle 1909 Schneider Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider The Canon de 76 M modele 1909 Schneider was a mountain gun manufactured by a French company, Schneider. An earlier version, the 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 had been designed, in 1906, by a Greek officer , who designed it as a 75 mm gun... |
World War I | |
76.2 | RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun The Ordnance RML 7 pounder Mk IV "Steel Gun" was a rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun primarily used by the Indian Army. 7 pounder referred to the approximate weight of the shell it fired.-History:... |
Anglo-Zulu War Anglo-Zulu War The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.Following the imperialist scheme by which Lord Carnarvon had successfully brought about federation in Canada, it was thought that a similar plan might succeed with the various African kingdoms, tribal areas and... / Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... |
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76.2 | 76-mm mountain gun M1938 76-mm mountain gun M1938 The 76 mm mountain gun M1938 was a Soviet gun used in World War II.In 1937, USSR got a license for Skoda 75 mm M1936 mountain gun in exchange for license production of Tupolev SB in Czechoslovakia; subsequently, in 1937-1938 a team led by L. I... |
World War II | |
80 | De Bange 80 mm cannon | 1877- World War I | |
94 | 3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer 3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer The Ordnance QF 3.7 Inch Mountain Howitzer was an artillery weapon, used by British and Commonwealth armies in World War I and World War II, and between the wars.-History:... |
World War I / World War II | |
100 | 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... |
World War I | |
100 | 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. It was the first Austrian howitzer to use a modern hydraulic variable recoil system. It used the same ammunition as the earlier 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99, which was shown to be accurate, but lacked... |
World War I | |
100 | 10 cm M. 16 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Skoda 100 mm Model 1916 The Skoda 100 mm Model 1916 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. The Turks used a 105 mm variant, the M.16. The Wehrmacht redesignated this as the 10 cm GebH 16 or 16... |
World War I | |
100 | 10 cm M. 16/19 mountain howitzer (Škoda) Skoda 100 mm Model 16/19 The Skoda 100 mm Model 16/19 was a mountain howitzer modified by Skoda Works from the design of the M.16, and its most notable difference was the longer barrel. It is unclear if they were newly-built, or rebuilt from older howitzers. The Czech Army used this gun in both its 100 mm and... |
World War II | |
105 | 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40 The 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40 was a German mountain howitzer used during World War II. A total of 420 were built during World War II. It saw action with German mountain divisions in Finland, Italy, France, on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans from 1942. It has the distinction of being... |
Nazi Germany | World War II |
105 | Canon Court de 105 M mle 1909 Schneider mountain gun Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider The Canon Court de 105 M modele 1909 Schneider was a French mountain gun, manufactured by Schneider et Cie. According to Kennblatter fremden Gerätz, Germany used the former French as the 10.5 cm GebH 343... |
World War II | |
105 | Canon Court de 105 M mle 1919 Schneider mountain gun Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider The Canon Court de 105 M modèle 1919 Schneider was a French mountain gun intended to be used in conjunction with the 75 mm mle.19. The mle.19 was manufactured by Schneider et Cie. For transport, this gun could be broken down into 8 sections; the barrel could be dismantled into 2 sections... |
World War II | |
105 | Canon Court de 105 M mle 1928 Schneider mountain gun Canon Court de 105 M(montagne) modèle 1919 Schneider The Canon Court de 105 M modèle 1919 Schneider was a French mountain gun intended to be used in conjunction with the 75 mm mle.19. The mle.19 was manufactured by Schneider et Cie. For transport, this gun could be broken down into 8 sections; the barrel could be dismantled into 2 sections... |
World War II | |
105 | Skoda 105 mm Model 1939 Skoda 105 mm Model 1939 The Skoda 105 mm Model 1939 was a mountain gun, manufactured by Skoda Works as a companion piece for the 75 mm M.39. This was a revised version of the 100 mm M.16 and 100 mm M.16/19. Like them it was broken down into three loads, each towed by a pair of horses, for transport.-References:*... |
World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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105 | OTO Melara Mod 56 OTO Melara Mod 56 The OTO-Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO-Melara. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition.-History:... |
Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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150 | Skoda 150 mm Model 1918 Skoda 150 mm Model 1918 The Skoda 150 mm Model 1918 was a heavy mountain howitzer, manufactured by Skoda Works. The design was begun during World War I, but the first prototype was completed as the war ended. After 1938, the Wehrmacht designated the few built as 15 cm GebH 18, although it's uncertain if they... |
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