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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 815)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Mountain artillery
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Contributor :
Association 14/18      http://www.association14-18.org/
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Location :
Romania Bucarest Ferdinand the 1st military museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 44.44260 / Long : 26.07810
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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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Side view. One can see the spade spring in the trail |
Captured by the Romanian army in 1917 |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     10cm M 99 GebH | Origin :       ( Arsenaux d'état)           | ||||
Historic context :
As an essentially mountainous country, Austria was wanting to be equipped with a powerful mountain artillery. The usual calibre of the 7 cm mountain light field guns was found to be insufficient in some circumstances, so that a higher caliber 10 cm mountain howitzer study was started. Doing so, Austro-Hungaria was the very first country to introduce such a weapon. |
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