10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze | |
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Type | Howitzer |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1914–1945 |
Used by | Austria-Hungary Albania Austria Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany Greece Italy Hungary Poland Russia Slovakia[1] Yugoslavia |
Wars | World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Skoda |
Manufacturer | Skoda |
Produced | 1914-1918. |
No. built | 6,458 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,350 kg (2,970 lbs) |
Barrel length | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) L/19 |
Crew | 6 |
Shell | Separate loading, cased charge and projectile 100 x 183mm R 14 kg (31 lb)[2] |
Caliber | 100 mm (3.93 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding-block |
Recoil | hydro-spring variable recoil |
Carriage | box trail |
Elevation | -8° to +50° |
Traverse | 6° |
Rate of fire | 6-8 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 407 m/s (1,335 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 8,400 m (9,100 yards) |
The 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze (Skoda houfnice vz 14) was a dual-purpose field and mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I, with variations of the 14 and improved 14/19 used by several countries afterwards, especially Italy. It was a conventional design, although the first versions used an obsolescent wrought bronze barrel liner and a cast bronze jacket.[3] Later versions used a standard steel barrel.[4]