Cannone da 149/35 A

Cannone da 149/35 A
A cannone da 149/35 A in Redipuglia
Type	Heavy gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1900-1945
Used by	Kingdom of Italy
Wars	World War I, World War II
Specifications
Weight	8,220 kilograms (18,120 lb)
Barrel length	5.722 metres (18.77 ft) L/38.7

Shell	45.96 kilograms (101.3 lb)
Caliber	149.1 mm (5.87 in)
Recoil	none
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-10° to +35°
Traverse	0°
Rate of fire	1 rpm
Muzzle velocity	651 m/s (2,136 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	16,500 metres (18,000 yd)

The Cannone da 149/35 A was a heavy gun which served with Italy during World War I and World War II. It was already an old-fashioned weapon when introduced around 1900. It lacked a recoil system of any kind and could not traverse. The gun recoiled up two ramps placed behind the wheels and had to be re-laid after every shot. Wheel plates were added to absorb more recoil energy and to help the gun cross soft ground. Despite these serious drawbacks it seems to have been produced in large numbers as some 895 were in Italian service on June 1940. Weapons captured by the Germans after the Italian surrender in 1943 seem to have been scrapped or ignored as there is no record of them in German service.

The 149/35 was intended to replace the older 149/23^[1] which had been introduced in the Italian army in 1882.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ http://www.italie1935-45.com/component/k2/item/216-canon-de-149-35
↑ Luca Girotto (2002). 1866-1918: Soldati e fortezze tra Asiago ed il Grappa. Rossato. p. 63. ISBN 978-88-8130-080-8.
↑ http://www.fortchampillon.ch/239301/262301.html

Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Heavy Artillery. New York: Arco, 1975 ISBN 0-668-03898-5

External links

Upper view in Belgrade museum

Side view of a 15 GRC Ret (later known as Cannone da 149G and it:149/23), dating back to 1882

Italian artillery of World War II

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

Anti-tank guns	Solothurn S-18/1000 Cannone da 47/32 modello 35 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 Obice da 100/17 modello 14 Obice da 105/14 Cannone da 105/28 Cannone da 105/32 Cannone da 149/28 Cannone da 149/35 A Cannone da 149/40 modello 35 Obice da 149/19 modello 37 Obice da 210/22

Superheavy and Siege artillery	Mortaio da 210/8 D.S.

Railroad artillery	Cannone navale da 381/40

Anti-aircraft guns	Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti) Breda Model 35 Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda) Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 Cannone da 75/49 Cannone da 90/53

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