10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8
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10 cm M. 8 Gebirgshaubitze | |
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![]() M.10 at an Italian military cemetery | |
Type | Mountain howitzer |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
Used by | Austria-Hungary |
Wars | World War I |
Specifications | |
Shell | 14.3 kg (31 lb 8 oz) |
Caliber | 104 mm (4.1 in) |
Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge |
Carriage | Box trail |
The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I.[1] It was the first Austrian howitzer to use a modern hydraulic variable-recoil system. It used the same ammunition as the earlier 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99, which was shown to be accurate, but lacked sufficient power to destroy bunkers, during World War I. It had a gun shield. It could be mounted on a special sled carriage designated 10 cm M. 8 Gebirgsschleife designed to allow for high-angle fire between +43° and 70° elevation. This sled was transported on a special bedding cart with removable wheels. The wheels were removed when in position to fire.
The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 10 was virtually identical except that it had its traversing and elevating handwheels on different sides and it was not given a high-angle mount.
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References
[edit]- Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7
- 10 cm M.8 und M. 10 Gebirgshaubitze. heeresgeschichten.at. Retrieved 28 January 2014.