You are not logged in.

Preliminary Data - M1948 Mountain Howitzer

Dear visitor, welcome to WesWorld. If this is your first visit here, please read the Help. It explains in detail how this page works. To use all features of this page, you should consider registering. Please use the registration form, to register here or read more information about the registration process. If you are already registered, please login here.

BruceDuncan

Ex chaos ordo

Posts: 12,916

  • Send private message

1

Thursday, November 23rd 2017, 7:01pm

Preliminary Data - M1948 Mountain Howitzer




This weapon was adapted from a Skoda commercial design by the Skoda-Davao Ordnance Company to fulfill Philippine Army requirements for a modern mountain howitzer.

Weight: 1,350 kilograms
Length: 3.95 meters
Barrel length: 1,910 mm
Width: 1.75 meters
Height: 1.9 meters

Caliber: 105mm
Shell weight: 15 kilograms
Breech: Horizontal Sliding Block
Recoil: Hydro-pneumatic
Carriage: Split Trail
Elevation: 7° 30' to +70°
Traverse: 18°
Muzzle velocity: 435 m/s
Maximum firing range: 11,000 meters