Schneider 75mm mountain gun M. 1908

 

 

 

 

Schneider designation :

Matériel de montagne ŕ tir rapide de 75mm, type MPD 5

Calibre :

75mm L/17.2

Weight of the barrel :

206 kg

Weight of the carriage :

429 kg

Weight in action :

635 kg

Weight of the packed gun :

654 kg

Barrel length :

1.290 m

Barrel grooves 

number :

24

angle of twist :

6°

Height of the line of fire :

1155 mm

Shield thickness :

4 mm

Weight of the charge :

105 g / 117 g

H. E. Shell

weight :

6.5 kg – 600 g

max. range :

6200 m

muzzle velocity :

350 m/s

Shrapnel

weight :

7.240 kg – 261 bullets

max. range :

6000 m

muzzle velocity :

330 m/s

Elevation :

+ 29° / - 12°

Traversing angle :

4° 15’

Wheels 

height :

900 mm

rack :

950 mm

Transport :

6 loads : gun - 104 kg; sleeve and breach-block - 102 kg; cradle and sledge - 109 kg: carriage and axle – 125 kg; trail and wheels - 117 kg; shields - 114 kg

Ammunition :

1 load : 2 boxes with 6 shells each - 115 kg

Remarks :

Quick firing mountain gun, with hydro-pneumatic recoil system, swinging block breech mechanism, traverse on axle. It was equipped with panorama sight, and was fitted for an independent line of sight. In order to reinforce the artillery of the Montenegrin Army, 1915 Schneider resumed the production of 6 batteries of mountain guns ordered by Peru before the beginning of WW1. They were finished in summer 1916, when Montenegro had surrendered. Therefore they were assigned to the Serbian Army.