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mortar as being 9 calibers in length it is actually 9.7 calibers. The
Italian classification system didn't count the breech length like most other countries. Schneider produced a range of medium and heavy artillery for export including 120 mm, 122 mm, 150 mm, 152 mm, 155 mm, 203 mm, 210 mm, 220 mm, and 260 mm guns that all used same basic pattern. They were classified as Mortars, Howitzers, or Siege Guns depending on the customers artillery classification system.
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set in. Fortresses, armories, coastal fortifications, and museums were scoured for heavy artillery and sent to the front. Suitable field and rail carriages were built for these guns to give their forces the heavy field artillery needed to overcome trenches and hardened concrete fortifications.
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ammunition with up to eight bagged charges to vary velocity and range. The box trail carriage had a large hollow section near the breech to allow for high angle fire and like other large
Schneider guns, there was an integrated loading tray attached to the breech. Its combat weight was
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Although the majority of combatants had heavy field artillery before the outbreak of the First World War, none had adequate numbers of heavy guns in service, nor had they foreseen the growing importance of heavy artillery once the
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7,180 kg (15,830 lb) and for transport, it could be broken down into two wagon loads. The barrel could be removed and moved on its wagon load, while the second wagon load consisted of the carriage and a
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293:Maximum firing range
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159:7,180 kg (15,830 lb)
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877:World War I mortars of Italy
594:Field, Medium and Heavy guns
841:Mortaio da 260/9 Modello 16
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708:Cannone da 65/17 modello 13
611:Cannone da 75/27 modello 11
606:Cannone da 75/27 modello 12
601:Cannone da 75/27 modello 06
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696:Infantry and Mountain guns
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774:EOC 10-inch /45 naval gun
371:gun with a steel barrel,
224:210 mm (8.3 in)
214:102 kg (225 lb)
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310:designed by the French
186:1.52 m (5 ft)
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389:cased separate-loading
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764:EOC 8 inch 45 caliber
585:Cannone da 75/27 A.V.
564:Italian artillery of
387:breech, and it fired
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322:and used during the
284:Muzzle velocity
651:Cannone da 149/35 A
808:Railroad artillery
687:Bombarda da 240 mm
682:15 cm Mörser M1881
573:Anti-aircraft guns
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308:Heavy Mortar
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45:Heavy Mortar
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789:100-ton gun
566:World War I
866:Categories
703:Cannon 37F
515:1861267126
472:References
377:gun shield
268:0° to +65°
406:Bonagente
373:box trail
336:Armstrong
312:Schneider
264:Elevation
257:Box trail
127:Schneider
53:Siege gun
524:56655115
409:grousers
318:for the
274:Traverse
253:Carriage
133:Designed
123:Designer
49:Howitzer
665:Mortars
344:Vickers
330:History
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