37 mm trench gun M1915
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37-mm trench gun M1915 | |
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Type | infantry support gun |
Specifications | |
Weight | 180.1 kg |
Barrel length | 19 calibers |
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Caliber | 37 mm |
Recoil | none |
Elevation | -5° to +15° |
Traverse | 90° |
37-mm trench gun M1915 (Russian: Траншейная 37-мм пушка обр. 1915 года) was a Russian battalion gun employed in World War I.
With World War I switching into a trench warfare phase late in 1914, a need for a highly mobile artillery system to be used against enemy machine gun emplacements and other strongpoints became apparent. In 1915 colonel M. F. Rosenberg, a member of the Artillery Committee, developed such a weapon. The gun was compact enough to fit into machine gun emplacements. It weighed only about 180 kg and could be dismantled into three pieces - barrel (about 74 kg), carriage (82 kg) and wheels (25 kg), making it easy to move around. To protect the crew from enemy fire, the gun was equipped with a shield 6 or 8 mm thick. The weapon was sufficiently accurate at ranges of up to 1,000-1,1200 paces.
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