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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 733)
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Austro-Hungaria
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Mountain 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 : 45.88740 / Long : 11.04740
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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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The gun is exposed in the central court of the old medieval castle that shelters the fantastic WW1 museum of Rovereto. Markings could not be noted |
Side view with the unusual eccentric screw breech block profile |
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     7cm M 99 GebK | Origin :       ( Arsenaux d'état)           | ||||
Historic context :
The 7cm GebK M75 mountain gun, with its poor performances, was replaced at the beginning of the XiXth century by a new weapon equipped with the same improvements as the ones of the 8cm FK M99 fielgun and the 10cm FH M99 fieldhowitzer, but also inheriting the same handicap : no other recoil recuperation system than a spade spring. |
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