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and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called
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mountain guns with recoil control and the capacity to be easily broken down and reassembled into highly efficient units were made by Greek army engineers P. Lykoudis and
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detail photos showing a 75mm howitzer's various sections being taken off mules and assembled
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80 mm French mountain gun with a 59-kilogram (130 lb) air mine attached c. 1915
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these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers".
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P. Lykoudis's original 1891 dismantleable breechloading gun with recoil control
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Norwegian 6-pounder muzzle-loading mountain cannon of 1848
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Artillery pieces designed for use in mountain warfare
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artillery
mountain warfare
American Civil War
breechloading
Panagiotis Danglis
Schneider-Danglis gun
infantry support guns
howitzers
mortars
multiple rocket launchers
recoilless rifles
missiles
List of mountain artillery
80 mm French mountain gun with a 59-kilogram (130 lb) air mine attached c. 1915
Norwegian 6-pounder muzzle-loading mountain cannon of 1848

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