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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 1176)
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Russia
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Heavy artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia Commons) Ain92      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com       |
Location :
Russia St Petersburg Artillery Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 59.95410 / Long : 30.31330
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
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This gun have been modernized in 1930 |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     6 pouces Mle 1909 | Origin :       ( Putilov)             ( Schneider )           | ||||
Historic context :
Collaborating since the beginning of the XXth century with the Schneider Works, the Putilov company finally had begun a modernisation of their artillery catalog with the assistance of the brilliant French company engineers. They issued in 1909 a remarkable '6 inches Putilov howitzer M 1909', that swiped off the memory of the obsolete M 1886 mortar of the same company.
The Schneider savoir-faire was found evidently in the characteristics of this weapon, whose design have probably been mostly performed in Burgundy on the basis of a Russian specification Indeed, the new howitzer had a Schneider-type quick action breech block with interrupted screw and front panel, a variable hydro-pneumatic recoil recuperation system located in a long cradle and a large shield. |
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