Year | [@year] |
Weapon Type | Heavy Mountain Gun |
Origin & Designer | Czechoslovakia/Skoda |
Numbers Produced | [@numbers_produced] |
Crew | 11 |
Calibre | 100mm (100x132R) |
Elevation | -8° to +70° |
Traverse | 5° |
Breech | Horizontal Sliding Block |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Box Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 4.2mm |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 1.900mm (L/19) |
Overall Length | 5.48m |
Width | 1.50m |
Height | [@height] |
Weight | 1.235 kg (In Action) |
Round Weight | 14 kg (HE) |
Muzzle Velocity | 341 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 5 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | [@maximum_rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Ceiling | [@maximum_ceiling] |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | 8.490m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Horse Drawn (Three Loads / Six Horses) |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The 100mm model 16 was a heavy mountain howitzer designed by Skoda and these were ex-Austro Hungarians weapons given to Romania after WW1. These heavy howitzers were used to supplement the fire of the lighter 75mm mountain guns and were issued to mountain howitzer battalions. |