Year | 1939 |
Weapon Type | Medium Howitzer |
Origin & Designer | Austro-Hungary/Skoda |
Numbers Produced | [@numbers_produced] |
Crew | 8 |
Calibre | 149.1mm |
Elevation | -5° to +70° |
Traverse | 4° |
Breech | Horizontal Sliding Wedge |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Box Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 4.7mm |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 2.644mm (L/13) |
Overall Length | [@length] |
Width | [@width] |
Height | [@height] |
Weight | 2.965 kg (In Action) |
Round Weight | 42.7 kg (HE) |
Muzzle Velocity | 345 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 6 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | [@maximum_rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Ceiling | [@maximum_ceiling] |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | 10.690m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Horse Drawn (Two Loads / Six Horses Each) |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The 149mm 14/39M was a modified version of the old 149mm 14M medium howitzer. These weapons saw service during the First World War and were modernised in the 1930s with pneumatic tyres for motorised traction and issued to heavy field artillery batteries. |