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Italy
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Bombarda da 91.5 cm Carcano
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Trench artillery
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Contributor :
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Location :
Belgium
Wommelgem
Fort Nr2
Coordinates :
Lat : 51.20247 / Long : 4.49349
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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 :
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Observe the very high similarities with the Austro-Hungarian mortar of 9.1cm MW M14
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :    
91.5 mm Carcano
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Origin :    
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Arsenale di Torino)
         
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Historic context :
No data could be found about this trench mortar, although one is included in the collections of the Army Royal Museum of Brussels since 1920 where it is identified as a 91.5 mm Italian mortar Carcano.
This 'Bommbarda 91.5 mm Carcano' is a quasi-identical copy of the Austro-Hungarian mortar '9cm Minenwerfer M14'. Salvatore Carcano was one of the specialists of the Tori,no Arsenal. He is mainly known as the inventor of the infantry rifle Mannlicher-Carcano M91 of 6.5 x 57 mm appeared in 1891 and equipping most of the soldiers of the Italian army during WW1.
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Technical data :
- Complete description : Carcano 91.5 mm trench mortar
- Design year : 1915
- Calibre : 91.50 mm
- Weight in firing position : unknown
- Weight for transportation :
- Tube length in calibres : 0.00
- Grooves : 0 smooth bore
- Projectile weight : inconnu
- Initial speed :
- Fire rate :
- Range : unknown
- Elevation range : +45 to +80 degrees
- Direction range : none
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