Skoda 100 mm Model 1916
10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16 | |
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Type | Mountain gun |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1916-1945 |
Used by | Austria-Hungary Austria Czechoslovakia Germany1918-1933 Nazi Germany Hungary Italy Poland Romania |
Wars | World War I, World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Skoda |
Manufacturer | Skoda |
Produced | 1915—18 |
Variants | 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16(T) |
Specifications | |
Weight | 1,235 kg (2,723 lb) |
Barrel length | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) L/19 |
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Shell weight | 16 kg (35 lb) (Czech) 13.4 kg (30 lb) (Italian) |
Caliber | 100 millimetres (3.9 in) |
Carriage | box trail |
Elevation | -8° to +70° |
Traverse | 5.5° |
Muzzle velocity | 341 m/s (1,120 ft/s) (Czech) 407 m/s (1,340 ft/s) (Italian) |
Effective firing range | 7,090 m (7,750 yd) (Czech) |
Maximum firing range | 8,490 m (9,280 yd) (Italian) |
The Skoda 100 mm Model 1916 (100 mm M.16) was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. The Turks used a 105 mm variant, the M.16(T). The Wehrmacht redesignated this as the 10 cm GebH 16 or 16(ö). Guns acquired from Italy, after 1943, were known as 10 cm GebH 316(i); those acquired from Czechoslovakia were 10 cm GebH 16(t). The Italians referred to weapons gained either through capture or reparations as the Obice da 100/17 modello 16. The gun could be broken into three sections, intended for towing by two animal carts. The gun crew was protected by a gun shield. The Italians used lighter shells than the Czechs, which accounts for the greater range and muzzle velocity of their guns.
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References
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- Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns. New York: Arco, 1975
- Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
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