Canon de76M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider | |
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Russian Model 1909 Mountain Gun |
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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) |
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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.
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