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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 752)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Trench artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia commons) Snowdog      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Location :
Italy Redipuglia Sacrario
Coordinates :
Lat : 45.85040 / Long : 13.48610
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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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There are two similar mortars in this place, only this one is accompanied with a projectile |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     22.5cm MW M15, M16, M17 | Origin :       ( Böhler)           | ||||
Historic context :
In 1914, Austro-Hungaria was having no heavy trench mortar for its Army. Having tested before the war the brilliant German 25cm sMW minenwerfer of Rheinmetall, it ordered 40such weapons and requested their manufacturing under licence by the Austrian company Böhler. This latter however never received the needed assistance from the German company, too busy with its own country war needs. |
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