10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99

10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99

10 cm M. 99 Feldhaubitze in the HGM, Vienna
Type Field howitzer
Place of origin Austria-Hungary
Service history
In service 1903-1918
Used by  Austria-Hungary
Wars World War I
Production history
Designed 1899-1902
Specifications
Weight 997 kg (2,198 lb)
Barrel length 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) L/13
Width 1.56 metres (5 ft 1 in)

Shell 14.3 kilograms (32 lb)
Caliber 104 millimetres (4.1 in)
Breech eccentric interrupted screw
Carriage box trail
Muzzle velocity 305 m/s (1,000 ft/s)
Maximum firing range 6,100 m (6,700 yd)

The 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 was a howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I.

It had a bronze barrel and lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted spade brake, and was virtually obsolescent on its introduction. Nonetheless, it was the standard field howitzer for the Austrian Army at the outbreak of the war.

It donated its barrel to the 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99, although few of those were made, being largely replaced by a version of the standard Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3 metres (51 in) carriage for use on mountain paths. The axle seats were deleted from these narrow carriages in the interest of saving weight.

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