Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider

Canon de76M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider

Russian Model 1909 Mountain Gun
Type Mountain gun
Place of origin  France
Service history
Used by  France
 Finland
 Greece
 Russian Empire
 Nazi Germany
Wars World War I, World War II
Production history
Designer Panagiotis Danglis
Manufacturer Schneider et Cie
Produced 1909
Specifications
Weight transport: 1,225 kg (2,701 lbs)
combat: 627 kg (1,382 lbs)

Shell 76.2 × 191 mm. R
Caliber 76.2 mm (3 in)
Elevation -6° to +28°
Traverse 50°
Muzzle velocity 387 m/s (1,270 ft/s)
Maximum range 8,550 m (9,350 yds)

The Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider (76 mm mle.09) was a mountain gun manufactured by a French company, Schneider. An earlier version, the 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 had been designed, in 1906, by a Greek officer (Colonel Danglis), who designed it as a 75 mm gun. This gun was used by Greece who, by 1939, had sold many of these guns to Finland, where it was known as the 75 LK 13 or 76 LK 10/13. In 1909, the revised 76.2 mm gun was produced for Russia; the Russians would refer to this as the 76 mm mountain gun M1909 (76-09). In 1941, the Germans captured a number of 76-09s, which they referred to as 7.62 cm GebK 293(r). The guns were sometimes equipped with an armoured shield.