Historic context :

since the beginning of the war, the fighting nations had to develop new anti-aircraft weapons to add to the few ones they had in their dotations. The very first designs were often pure improvisations of unequal quality , sometimes built on the frontline and based on converted existing field guns or captured ennemy material.

But from the second half of 1915 one could see new more sophisticated material coming, just as this weapon manufactured by adapting a 8cm FK M05/08 field gun barrel on a modified 10cm M08/M10 mountain howitzer carriage. The wheels of this 8cm FK M 05 - M 05/08 Flak mit 10cm M 08 / M 10 GebH lafette were only mounted during transportation and removed in firing position, the gun then laying on its pivot placed on a concrete base.

60 guns of that model, inspired by a TMK idea, were built by the Austrian State Arsenals after successful tests that took place in September 1915. The weapons were delivered to the front from January 1916.

New powerful and efficient AA weapons were finally delivered afterwards on the basis on the artillery manufacturers engineering brand new engineering designs.

Technical data :

• Complete description : 8 cm anti-aircraft gun M 1905 and 1905/1908 on mountain howitzer 10cm M 08 / M 10 GebH carriage
• Design year : 1915
• Calibre : 76.50 mm
• Weight in firing position : unknown
• Weight for transportation :
• Tube length in calibres : 30.00
• Grooves : 30 4 to 7.10 degrees progressive angle
• Projectile weight : inconnu
• Initial speed :
• Fire rate :
• Range : unknown
• Elevation range : 30 to 70 degrees
• Direction range : 360 degrees

• The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918           Christian Ortner                   Verlag Militaria   2007  
• L'Artiglieria Austro-Ungarica Nella Grande Guerra       Filippo Cappellano                   Gino Rossato   2001