87mm light field gun M. 1867
Bulgarian
designation : |
4-фунтово
оръдие |
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Russian
designation : |
4-фунтовая
медная
пушка обр. 1867 г. |
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Calibre : |
86.8mm L/20 |
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Weight
of the barrel : |
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Weight
of the breech-block : |
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Weight
of the carriage : |
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Weight
in action : |
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Weight
of the limber : |
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Weight
in marching order : |
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Barrel length : |
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Barrel grooves |
number : |
12 |
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depth : |
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width : |
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Battering
charge : |
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Cast
iron s. |
length
: |
2 calibres ( |
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weight
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fuze
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percussion fuze M. 1875 –
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muzzle
velocity : |
306 m/s (full charge) 137 m/s (reduced charge) |
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max.
range : |
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Shrapnel |
weight
: |
140 / 150 bullets x |
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fuze
: |
10 sec. time fuze |
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muzzle
velocity : |
301 m/s |
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max.
range : |
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Canister
shell |
weight
: |
111 bullets x |
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fuze
: |
percussion fuze M. 1875 –
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muzzle
velocity : |
288 m/s |
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max.
range : |
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Case
shot |
weight
: |
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max.
range : |
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Sharoha |
weight
: |
? kg – charge : 34 balls x |
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max.
range : |
1707 m |
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Length
of the line of sight : |
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Elevation
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+ 21°30’ / - 7° |
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Wheels |
weight
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height
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track
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Transport
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drawn by six horses |
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Ammunition
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limber : 18 shells ammunition wagon :
56 shells |
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Remarks
: Russian
bronze light field gun delivered in 1878, after the war of Liberation. The carriage
was made of iron and had no seats for the gunners. It could fire also a shell
with spherical solid head (шароха) and an incendiary shell, which was employed by the
Russian artillery only till |
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