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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 37)
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Germany

7.5cm GebirgsKanone 13

Mountain artillery

Contributor :
Geoff Green     
     
     
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Location :
Australia
Corrigin, WA

Coordinates : Lat : -32.32910 / Long : 117.87360
General comments on this surviving gun :


Identical items in the same location : 1
Items covered by this file : 1

This small mountain gun took some time to be positively identified !

Rear view on the mechanisms and the shield

Markings : 'Nr 1151 (?) - FRIED KRUPP AG - Essen 1917'.


Historic and technical information
Denomination :     7.5cm GebK 13 Origin :       ( Krupp)          

Historic context :

This small mountain gun named '7.5cm Geb K M1913' was designed by Krupp for export in Chili, where it already delivered mounatin artillery weapons in the XIX th century. This modern gun, equipped with a recoil recuperation system and a shield could be disassembled into 6 separated loads for transportation in difficult landscapes.

At the war outbreak in 1914, Germany bought the 4 guns being manufactured in Krupp's factories, and subsequently ordered the production of 69 others.

These weapons were used during WW1 by the mountain troops from Germany and Austria, but also by Turkey (in unknown numbers).

Technical data :

  • Complete description : 7.5cm M 13 mountain gun
  • Design year : 1913
  • Calibre : 75.00 mm
  • Weight in firing position : 550 kg
  • Weight for transportation : same, in 6 separated loads
  • Tube length in calibres : 14.00
  • Grooves : 0
  • Projectile weight : 5.3 kg
  • Initial speed : 300 m/s
  • Fire rate :
  • Range : 5400 m
  • Elevation range : -10 to +30 degrees
  • Direction range : 5 degrees total range


Sources
  • German Artillery of World War One           Herbert Jager                   Crowood   2001  
  • Wikipedia http://fr.wikipedia.org/