Mountain Guns, Howitzers and Field Guns
Skoda 75 mm Model 15 Mountain Gun
- Calibre: 75 mm
- Elevation: -10 to 50 °
- Muzzle velocity: 349 m/s
- Range: 8250 m
- Traverse: 7 °
- Weight: 613 kg
- Weight of shell: 6.388 kg
- Quantity: 648 guns
- Notes: A pre-Great War mountain gun developed by Austria-Hungary. Retained in stockpiles or as training pieces.
10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16
- Calibre: 105 mm
- Elevation: -10° to +40°
- Muzzle velocity: 395 m/s
- Range: 9,225 m (10,088 yds)
- Traverse: 4°
- Weight: 1,525 kg
- Quantity: 432 guns
- Notes: A German light field-howitzer acquired by Bulgaria during the Great War, and retained afterwards. All have been modernized extensively, though they lack split-trail carriages. Many have been retired as more modern pieces arrive.
10.5 cm Model 1927
- Calibre: 105 mm
- Elevation: -3° to +45°
- Muzzle velocity: 750 m/s
- Range: 16,500 meters
- Traverse: 60°
- Weight: 3,650 kg
- Quantity: 144 guns
- Notes: This gun was the first artillery piece acquired after the Great War restrictions ended, via Switzerland and Hungary. Bulgaria has a license for these guns but mostly orders from Switzerland.
10.5 cm Model 1934
- Calibre: 105 mm x 764 R
- Elevation: -5° to +42°
- Muzzle velocity: 800 m/s
- Range: 16,300 meters
- Traverse: 30°
- Weight: 3,750 kg
- Quantity: 72 guns
- Notes: Another Swiss-built artillery piece. Bulgaria has a license for these guns but mostly orders from Switzerland.
Skoda 149 mm K-series Howitzer
- Calibre: 149.1 mm (5.87 in)
- Barrel Length: 3600 mm (142 in)
- Elevation: -5° to +70°
- Traverse: 45°
- Weights
- Travel: 5.7 t (6.3 short tons)
--- Action: 5.2 t (5.7 short tons)
--- Shell: 42 kg (93 lb)
- Performance
--- Muzzle velocity: 580 m/s (1,900 ft/s)
--- Maximum range: 15.1 km (16,500 yd)
- Quantity: 216 guns
Notes: A modern Czech-manufactured artillery piece, recently making its way into the Bulgarian Army. The Skoda K-guns are generally the heaviest non-railway guns fielded by the Bulgarian Army.
152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
- Calibre: 152.4 mm (6 in)
- Barrel Length: 4,412 m / 29 calibers (without muzzle brake)
- Elevation: -2° to 65°
- Traverse: 58°
- Weights
--- Travel: 7,930 kg (17,482 lbs)
--- Combat: 7,270 kg (16,027 lbs)
--- Shell: 42 kg (93 lb)
- Performance
--- Maximum range: 17.23 km (10.7 mi)
- Quantity: 312 guns
Notes: A modern Russian-manufactured artillery piece, purchased in 1938.