10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99

10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
A 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M99 at Technical Museum Vienna
Type	Mountain howitzer
Place of origin	Austria-Hungary
Service history
Used by	Austria-Hungary
Wars	World War I
Specifications
Width	90 centimetres (35 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 metres (6,700 yd)?

The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. It consisted of the bronze barrel of the 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 on a new, narrow-gauge carriage that could be broken down for transport on animal carts. Like its brother, it lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted spade brake, and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction. Relatively few were made as the version of the standard 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3-metre (51 in) carriage was cheaper.

References

Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7

Austro-Hungarian artillery of World War I

Infantry and mountain	7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 15 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 16

Mortars	8 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 9 cm Minenwerfer M 17 10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 12 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15 15 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 M. E. 20 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16 22.5 cm Minenwerfer M 15 26 cm Minenwerfer M 17

Field, medium and heavy	8 cm FK M 99 8 cm FK M. 5 8 cm FK M. 17 8 cm FK M 18 9 cm FK M 75/96 10 cm FH M 99 10 cm Feldhaubitze M. 14 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 15 cm sFH M 94 15 cm sFH M 14 15 cm sFH M.15 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16

Superheavy and siege	12 cm Kanone M 80 15 cm Mörser M 80 15 cm Kanone M 80 18 cm kurze Kanone M 80 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 24 cm Mörser M 98 24 cm Kanone M. 16 30.5 cm Mörser M. 11 30.5 cm Mörser M. 16 35 cm Marinekanone L/45 M. 16 38 cm Belagerungshaubitze M 16 42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16

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