Schneider-Canet 120mm field howitzer M. 1910

 

 

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Serbian designation :

120 мм. пољски хаубица топ М. 1910 Шнаjдер

Bulgarian designation :

120-мм скорострелна полска гаубица

Schneider designation :

Obusier de campagne à tir rapide de 120mm, type  O.C. 120 N° 6

Calibre :

120mm L/14.5

Weight of the barrel :

417 kg

Weight of the breech-block :

32 kg

Weight of the carriage :

748 kg

Weight in action :

1410 kg

Weight of the limber :

572 kg (empty) - 810 kg (loaded)

Weight in marching order :

2220 kg

Weight of the ammo wagon :

2069 kg

Barrel length :

1.740 m

Number of barrel grooves :

36

Height of the line of fire :

1160 mm

Shield

weight :

85 kg

thickness :

4 mm

Weight of the charge :

0.76 kg

Shell weight :

21 kg – charge : 4.1 kg Trotyl

Shrapnel weight :

21 kg – 588 bullets x 16 g

Muzzle velocity :

330 m/s

Max. range :

6700 m (afterwards increased to 8000 m )

Quadrant angle at max. range :

45°

Angle of descent at max. range :

52°

Height of the line of sight :

1058 mm

Elevation :

+ 43° / - 3°

Traversing angle :

5°

Wheels

weight :

160 kg

height :

1330 mm

tyres width :

80 mm

track :

1524 mm

Transport :

drawn by six horses

Ammunition :

gun limber - 10, wagon limber - 10, wagon body - 24

12 ammunition wagons for every battery

Remarks :

Quick firing field howitzer. It is the same 120mm quick-firing howitzer adopted by Bulgarian Army. Serbian Army ordered six four-pieces batteries of these howitzers in 1910-11 and received them during the Balkan war. In 1913 sixteen howitzers were allotted to 2nd Serbian Army and were used during the siege of Odrin. Two more batteries were ordered in 1912. Some of these howitzers were captured and used in the field by Bulgarian artillery during World War 1.

From October 1915 France delivered to the Serbian Army six batteries of the Obusiers de 120 mm modèle Schneider, ordered by the Bulgars after the Balkan Wars and seized by the French in August 1914.