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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 1096)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Trench artillery
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Contributor :
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com
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Location :
Italy Rovereto Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra
Coordinates :
Lat : 45.88840 / Long : 11.04690
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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 : 2 |
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The museum own two items of this rudimentary trench mortar |
Zoom on the rustic breech |
Both items look similar |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     9cm MW M14/16 | Origin :       ( T.M.K.)             ( Industrie privée Austro-Hongroise )           | ||||
Historic context : In 1916, the very first Austro-Hungarian trench mortar '9cm MW M14' received a modernization inherited from 2 years of war experience. This version '9cm MW M14/16' was having 3 noticeable improvements :
Despite this so-called 'modernization', the 9cm MW M14/16 was just a minor evolution of its predecessor born in emergency and improvisation, with no real improvement in the rudimentary technology nor mean performances. It was replaced in 1917 by the German mortar 9cm Lanz and the 9cm MW M17. |
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