Year | 1937 |
Weapon Type | Medium Howitzer |
Origin & Designer | Russia/Krupp-Perm |
Numbers Produced | 881 |
Crew | 7 |
Calibre | 121.92mm (122x159R) |
Elevation | -1° to +43° |
Traverse | 4° |
Breech | Horizontal Block |
Recoil | Hydrospring |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Single Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 3.5m |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 1.690mm (L/14) |
Overall Length | [@length] |
Width | [@width] |
Height | [@height] |
Weight | Weight in Traction: 2.480 kg Weight in Action: 1.450 kg |
Round Weight | 21.7 kg |
Muzzle Velocity | 364 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 2-4 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | [@maximum_rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Ceiling | [@maximum_ceiling] |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | 8.940m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Horse Drawn (six horses) & Motorised |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The 122mm M.1909/37 was the modernised version of the 122mm M.1909 howitzer and large numbers were modernised in 1937 and had lengthened chambers, new gun sights and strengthened carriages. It was a divisional howitzer and was issued to mixed artillery regiments in infantry and mountain divisions. It saw action in the war with Finland and the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa. |