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Serbia

Obusier court de 150 mm Schneider Canet

Heavy artillery

Contributor :
Massimo (Flickr) Foti     
     
     
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Location :
Romania
Bucarest
Ferdinand the 1st military museum
Coordinates : Lat : 44.44360 / Long : 26.07710
General comments on this surviving gun :


Identical items in the same location : 1
Items covered by this file : 1

The rubber wheels are a post-WW1 modification. This howitzer probably has been captured to Serbia then used by Romania

This view shows the two cylinders containing the recoil recuperation springs


Historic and technical information
Denomination :     OC 150 mm 1897 Schneider Canet Origin :       ( Schneider)          

Historic context :

When Serbia opted for the renewing of a part of its heavy artillery by Schneider-Canet material in 1897, its choice included, among other models, both the versions of the heavy howitzer of that company that secured the collaboration of the engineer Gustave Canet together with the acquisition of the Ateliers d'Artillerie du Havre.

The 150 mm version was very similar to the obusier de 120 mm Mle 1897 describer in another article, but with bigger proportions. Just as the 120 mm model, the 'Obusier court de 150 mm Schneider Canet Mle 1897' was of the 'accelerated fire' type with its breech loading system and more particularly had the same recoil recuperation system based on two recoil recuperating springs in two cylinders, and a retractable base pods system elastically linked to the axle by spiral springs, and to the trail by steel chains and rubber buffers.

Ordered quantities are unknown

Technical data :

  • Complete description : 150 mm short howitzer M 1897 Schneider-Canet
  • Design year : 1897
  • Calibre : 150.00 mm
  • Weight in firing position : 2392 kg
  • Weight for transportation :
  • Tube length in calibres : 0.00 unknown
  • Grooves : 0
  • Projectile weight : 40 kg
  • Initial speed : 260 m/s
  • Fire rate :
  • Range : unknown
  • Elevation range : -5 to +45 degrees
  • Direction range : unknown


Sources
  • Bulgarian Artillery 1878 - 1918     https://www.bulgarianartillery.it/                           
  • The Works of Messrs. Schneider and Co       James Dredge                   Bedford Press, London   1900  
  • Landships II http://www.landships.info/