Cannone da 70/15

Cannone da 70/15
Type	Mountain gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1903-1945
Used by	Italy
Wars	World War I, World War II
Production history
Designed	1902-1904
Specifications
Weight	387 kg (853 lb)
Barrel length	1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) L/16.4

Shell	4.84 kg (10 lb 11 oz)
Caliber	70 millimetres (2.8 in)
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-12° to 21°
Traverse	0°
Muzzle velocity	353 m/s (1,158 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	6,630 m (7,250 yd)

The Cannone da 70/15 was a mountain gun was used by Italy during World War I. By World War II it had been relegated to the infantry gun role in units assigned to Italian East Africa.

It lacked a modern recoil system and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction in 1904. But it took the Italians almost a decade to field the Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 as its replacement. It was gradually phased out of the mountain role and transferred to the infantry as an infantry gun.

It was broken-down into four loads for transport.

References

Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns.

Italian artillery of World War II

Tank guns	Breda Model 35 Cannone da 37/40 Cannone da 47/32 M35 Cannone da 47/40 Cannone da 75/34

Anti-tank guns	Solothurn S-18/1000 Cannone da 47/32 M35 Obice da 75/18 modello 35 Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 Cannone da 75/34 Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 Cannone da 90/53 Cannone da 105/25

Infantry and Mountain guns	Cannone da 47/32 M35 Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 Cannone da 70/15 Obice da 75/18 modello 34

Field, Medium and Heavy guns	Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 Cannone da 75/27 modello 12 Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 Obice da 75/18 modello 35 Cannone da 105/28 Cannone da 105/32 Cannone da 149/35 A Cannone da 149/40 modello 35 Obice da 149/19 modello 37 Obice da 210/22

Railroad artillery	Cannone navale da 381/40

Anti-aircraft guns	Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti) Breda Model 35 Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 Cannone da 90/53