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The 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80 was a breech-loaded mountain gun made of steel with a box trail carriage built from bolted steel plates, with two wooden-spoked steel-rimmed wheels. For transport, the gun could be dismantled into multiple mule loads or towed by a mule when assembled.
The 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 06 was a breech-loaded mountain gun built from steel with a box trail carriage, and two wooden-spoked steel-rimmed wheels. It also had a hydro-spring recoil mechanism, horizontal sliding-wedge breech, optional gun shield, and it fired separate loading cased charges and projectiles.
After experimentation it was found that if a gun could be broken down into multiple loads a mule was capable of carrying a 100 kg (220 lb) load and the gun crews were able to reassemble and manhandle the guns into position. [2] However, the trade-off was mountain guns didn't stand up well to being towed when assembled due to their jointed designs.
In addition, there was a folding Gun shield fitted on some (perhaps many) such guns. [7] A revised version of this gun was released as the Škoda 75 mm Model 1928 . The Germans bought some guns during World War I, but used them as infantry guns in direct support of the infantry, as their light weight would allow them to move with the infantry.
A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made of rigid high-strength metal , through which a contained rapid expansion of high-pressure gas(es) is used to propel a projectile out of the front end ( muzzle ) at a high velocity.
The 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 (Greek: Ορειβατικό πυροβόλο των 75χιλ. Schneider-Δαγκλής, υποδ. 1908) (French: Matériel de montagne à tir rapide de 75mm, type MPD) was a 75mm mountain gun used by multiple countries prior to, during and after World War I.
The Škoda 75 mm Model 1928 (75 mm M.28) was a mountain gun manufactured by Škoda Works and exported to Yugoslavia. It was a modernized version of the Škoda 75 mm Model 15. The gun typically had a 75 mm barrel; however, it could be fitted with a 90 mm barrel.
The Imperial Guard counted 14 4-pounders out of a total of 42 pieces, the III Corps had 11 of 46 guns, V Corps had two of 38 pieces, VI Corps had four of 24 guns and VII Corps had eight of 36 guns. The I Corps , IV Corps and Reserve Cavalry Corps had no 4-pounders in their artillery batteries; the light cannons being replaced by 6-pounders.