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Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 9:47pm

RSAA Artillery Pieces

Mortars
Mortier 60/34
A licensed clone of the Brandt 60mm mortar.

Mortier 81/34
A licensed clone of the Brandt 81mm mortar.

Mortier 125/37
A 125mm heavy mortar developed on the Brandt model in 1937.

Mortier 190/20
A heavy 190mm siege mortar. Very few built.

Howitzers
Maak 20/75
75mm/L20: A 20-caliber 75mm field howitzer introduced in 1920.

Maak 34/75
An improved Maak 20/75 introduced in 1934, has a split-tail carriage and rubber tyres for highspeed towing. The 34/75 is a very popular gun with the artillerists, due to its high performance, ease of towing, and high reliability, and nicknamed the "Vuur Verlosser" (Fire Deliverer) during the South American War.

Maak 34/74 Gewysigde 38
An improved version of the Maak 34/75, reducing excess weight and improving road towability.

Maak 24/105
A 105mm/L25 field howitzer introduced in 1924.

Maak 24/105 Gewysigde 35
A regular Maak 24/105 howitzer on a splittailed carriage, as introduced in 1935.

Maak 31/150
A 150mm howitzer introduced in 1931. The gun was nicknamed "Groot Doef" (Large Thud) by troops during the South American War. Not widely used due to its heavy weight, but very useful in reducing strongpoints.

Mountain Guns
Maak 20/75B
A 75mm/L14 mountain gun introduced in 1920, which can be broken down into several pieces to be transported by pack animals. Very widely used, as its light weight and transportability is extremely valuable. The B stands for "Berg" and is applied to differentiate it with the Maak 20/75 howitzer.

Maak 37/75B
An improved and modernized Maak 20/75B pack howitzer.

Field Guns
Maak 29/105
A 105mm/L37 field gun introduced in 1929. Not widely liked due to its heavy weight, but offered good performance.

Maak 38/105
A 105mm/L37 field gun intended to replace the Maak 29/105; it is substantially lighter and more mobile than the older gun. Standard field gun of the RSAA.

Maak 15/150
An older, 150mm/L40 field gun introduced in 1915. Not many were built, and most have left service.

Maak 35/150
A modern 150mm field gun developed to address lessons learnt during the South American War. Standard heavy field gun of the RSAA today.

Antitank Guns
Maak 32/20
20mm antitank gun on towed carriage. Also used on early RSAA tanks.

Maak 34/37
37mm antitank gun on towed carriage. Used widely by antitank units, but also used on early RSAA tanks.

Maak 30/45
45mm antitank gun, also used on early RSAA tanks.

Maak 34/55
55mm L/60 antitank gun... also used on RSAA tanks.

Maak 34/75 Gewysigde 36
A 75mm Maak 34/75 howitzer reworked and placed on the Maak 34/55 carriage. Not the ideal AT gun, but when equipped with the right ammo, efficient enough.

Antiaircraft Guns
Maak 20/20
Early 20mm anti-aircraft gun. Used by the RSAN. In 1935 was placed in a towed quad mount for AA duties.

Maak 31/40
Land version of the RSAN's 40mm AA mount.

Maak 33/55
An attempt to create a 55mm gun capable of use as an antitank, antiaircraft, and light field gun. The Army thought it was a colossal failure, but during the South American War ordered it anyway due to perceived need. Almost never used as an AT gun as the Army simultaneously adopted the Maak 34/55.

Maak 24/88
88mm version of the RSAN's 88mm AA gun. The first large AA gun ordered by the RSAA.

Maak 39/88
Vastly improved AA gun based on the Maak 24/88. Although similar to the RSAN's 88mm gun, the Maak 39/88 has a substantially simpler mount. Some thought has been given to making the Maak 39/88 into an anti-tank gun, but the type's long set-up or take-down time (up to six hours) makes this difficult. As a result a versatile carriage was developed to allow the gun to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two-and-a-half minutes. This increased movability essentially.

Maak 41/88
Based on the Maak 39 but with an added feature. A simple to operate "semi-automatic" loading system ejected fired shells, allowing it to be reloaded by simply inserting a new shell into a tray. The gun would then fire, recoil, and, during the return stroke, the empty case would be thrown backward by levers, a cam would then engage and recoil the gun. This resulted in firing rates of 15 to 20 rounds a minute.

Maak 37/115
The gun represents another successful adoption of a RSAN gun. Movability of the gun is an issue as the type's long set-up or take-down time (up to six hours) makes this difficult. As a result most of these guns are embedded in fixed positions for point defence of valuable and predictable targets.