24 cm Mörser M.1898

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Caliber: 240 mm
Barrel length: 2180 mm
Weight: 9300 kg
Elevation: + 44 ° - + 65 °
Muzzle velocity: 278m/s
Range: 6500 m
Firing rate:? ran/min.
Manufacturer: Škoda Plzeň
Serving 6 men
Transported in 4 parts, only by horse traction. The first heavy cannon Skoda introduced into the armament of the Monarchy.
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I will add a few more photos (just like the first ones are from the Vienna Military Museum - Arsenal) and show the weapon from other angles - for gourmets and a view of the barrel.
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Measure: 16 st
Bullet weight: 133kg
Period photo www.weltkriege.at
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Just a small addition:
There were two versions:
M 98 mit zweidrittel Mantelrohr (with 2/3 mantle barrel)
M 98/07 mit Mantelrohr bis zur Mündung
(with barrel shell to the muzzle of the barrel)
In 1909, 36 M.9 type tractors were assigned to tow this mortar


Bore length barrel: L/7.3 with 46 grooves
Ammunition:
A grenade weighing 133 kg with explosive weighing 14 - 20 kg had a V o: 278 m/s and a range of 6,500 m
A grenade weighing 133 kg with explosive weighing 16.5 kg had a V o: 258 m/s and a range of 5,800 m
Weight in combat position: 9,300 kg
The cannon bed is designed from 1750 to 2162 kg
Measurement according to the type of mount used 16 ° - 360 °
Shooting speed: 1 shot in 3-4 minutes


Source:
author's archive
Teaching materials and services written by k.u.k. Army in the War Archive in Vienna
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For sweeping the grenade, a powder charge weighing 2.5 kg was used, divided into 5 sub-cartridges. This, together with the change in elevation, made it possible to change the range in the range from 1900 m to 6500 m. The main carriage (transporting the barrel and the upper carriage) and the carriage carriage (lower carriage) were used to transport the mortar.


In 1900, 4 mortars were sold to the British company Vickers (factory numbers 604-607, production numbers 4-7). The mortars were delivered on January 22, 1900, and then in February/February there was a visit of a group of British artillerymen in Pilsen to get acquainted with the weapon. In March/March 1900, the mortars were shipped to the British Isles, where Vickers made adjustments - an extension mainly by 0.8 caliber and changes to the lower carriage. After the changes, the mortars were introduced into the British army as a 9.45 "howitzer Mk 1 ( Ordnance BL 9.45 inch Howitzer Mk I) and sent to South Africa, where they were formed into an artillery battery deployed in a field near the city Pretoria (just underway Anglo-Boer War The mortars were subsequently relocated to China and later back to the British Isles.


Source: Janousek, Jiri: Burska valka a cannon Skoda; ATM 4/2010; ISSN 1802-4823
Clarke, Dale: New Vanguard 105 - British Artillery 1914-19, Osprey Publishing 2005, ISBN: 9781841767888
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A line of Škoda 24cm M.98 Mörser's in the Škoda factory at Pilsen.

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Diskuse

Citace - bitaxe :


Transported in 4 parts, ...

Transport in two parts is also mentioned. The first part was a steel barrel with a screw breech (according to welkriege.at barrel and upper mount). The second part was the whole bearing with a carriage.

Citace - bitaxe :


... only by horse traction.
At first it was used for movement, as in the whole rak-uh. army, only hypotraction, where each part of the mortar was pulled by 4 pairs of horses. Between 1908 and 1909, mototraction was introduced for this cannon, making the mortar the first rak-uh device. army with mototraction.
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