Year | June 1939 |
Weapon Type | Medium Anti-Aircraft Gun |
Origin & Designer | Italy/Ansaldo |
Numbers Produced | [@numbers_produced] |
Crew | 7 |
Calibre | 90mm (90x600) |
Elevation | -2° to +85° |
Traverse | 360° |
Breech | Horizontal Sliding Block |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | Cruciform |
Carriage | Twin Wheeled Carriages |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | [@gun_shield] |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 4.736mm (L/53) |
Overall Length | 5.240m |
Width | 2.30m |
Height | 2.50m |
Weight | Weight in Traction: 8.950 kg Weight in Action: 6.240 kg |
Round Weight | 18.4 kg (HE) 11.8 kg (AP) |
Muzzle Velocity | 850 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 19 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | 17.465m |
Maximum Ceiling | 11.300m |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | [@maximum_range] |
Armour Penetration | 109mm @ 500m @ 30° 90mm @ 500m @ 30° |
Traction | [@traction] |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The 90/53 Modello 41C was the towed version of the excellent 90/53 anti-aircraft gun. It was up there with the German 88mm and the British 3.7in and saw service in many roles. But it was not produced in sufficient quantities to have any real effect. |