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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 1404)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Heavy 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 : 45.88890 / Long : 11.04840
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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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It is easy to imagine the violence of the explosion that destroyed that barrel and probably killed its servants |
Breech markings : '15cm B - 1885 - 606 kg - Nr 33 - F1' |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     15cm M 80 sFH | Origin :       ( Arsenaux d'état)           | ||||
Historic context :
This Austro-Hungarian weapon was part of a mortars system of the same 1880 year, including 9, 15 and 21cm calibres, initially designed for siege operations on non-wheeled carriage. The short 15cm bronze barrel, equipped with a sliding wedge breech block and that was heped with an hydraulic wedge when firing on its siege carriage at low angles, was also adapted on a mobile wheeled carriage to make a heavy field mortar, the '15cm M80 FH'. |
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