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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 175)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
Bernard Plumier      http://www.passioncompassion1418.com
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Location :
Belgium Brussels Musée Royal de l'Armée
Coordinates :
Lat : 50.84360 / Long : 4.39280
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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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Another rare gun in this brilliant museum, with its original camouflage |
Markings 'A - 8cm - M5/8 - n°3304 (barred) - n°21173 - 1915 - (F1) - 353 kg' |
Rear view on the aiming devices and the breech, whose colour is a proof of a bronze barrel |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     8cm M 05/08 FK | Origin :       ( Arsenaux d'état)             ( Skoda )             ( Industrie privée Austro-Hongroise ) | ||||
Historic context :
Pressurized by its ageing material and the military investments of the other European powers, Austro-Hungaria had chosen in 1899 a new fieldgun that was obsolete as soion as born, since it lacked any kind of elastic link between the barrel and the carriage. This issue induced this State to test in 1901 the German 'Ehrardt' fieldgun that was proposing most of the characteristics of the new generation of quick firing fieldguns.
At the end of these satisfying trials, test battery was created in 1902. However, the old Empire wanted to keep the development of its weapons within its own country, so that at the same time a decision was taken to launch a new technical commission charged of the design of a new gun inspired by these experience. License costs were paid anticipatively to Ehrardt in order to avoid commercial claims resulting of the use of this company concepts. |
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