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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 320)
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Russia
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Heavy artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia commons) Balcer      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Location :
Finland Hameenlinna Finnish Artillery Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 61.00500 / Long : 24.45930
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General comments on this surviving gun :
Identical items in the same location :
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Items covered by this file : 1 |
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Appeared in 1910, this howitzer was giving to the Russian army a very modern weapon |
The lines of the French 155c M15 Schneider howitzer are already very recognizable in the earlier Russian version |
Schneider type breech. This piece has been produced in Perm in 1917 |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     6 pouces Mle 1910 | Origin :       ( Schneider)             ( Putilov )           | ||||
Historic context :
At the start of the XXth century it seemed the Russian artillery manufacturers were unable to design modern heavy weapons. The increasingly close collaboration with the French Schneider Works allowed Putilov (Russia) to rapidly increase its technology and finally propose modern guns. But the production was slow, so that the Russian State decided to import, in parallel, numerous foreign guns, mainly from France and Germany. |
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