Skoda 100 mm Model 1916

Infobox Weapon
name=10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16


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origin=Austria-Hungary
type=mountain gun
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is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=1916-1945
used_by=flag|Austria-Hungary
flag|Czechoslovakia
flag|Austria
flag|Nazi Germany
flag|Hungary
ITA
flag|Romania
flag|Poland
wars=World War I, World War II
designer=Skoda
design_date=
manufacturer=Skoda
production_date=1915-1918
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variants=10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16(T)
weight=convert|1235|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|1.93|m|in L/19
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cartridge=convert|16|kg|lb (Czech)
convert|13.37|kg|lb (Italian)
caliber=100 mm
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velocity=341 m/s (Czech)
407 m/sec (Italian)
range=convert|7090|m|yd (Czech)
max_range=convert|8490|m|yd (Italian)
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carriage=box trail
elevation=-8° to +70°
traverse=5.5°
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speed=The Skoda 100 mm Model 1916 (100 mm M.16) was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. The Turks used a 105 mm variant, the M.16(T). The Wehrmacht redesignated this as the 10 cm GebH 16 or 16(ö). Guns acquired from Italy, after 1943, were known as 10 cm GebH 316(i); those acquired from Czechoslovakia were 10 cm GebH 16(t). The Italians referred to weapons gained either through capture or reparations as the Obice da 100/17 modello 16. The gun could be broken into 3 sections, intended for towing by two animal carts. The gun crew was protected by an armoured shield. The Italians used lighter shells than the Czechs, which accounts for the greater range and muzzle velocity of their guns.

References

* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. "Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns". New York: Arco, 1975
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. "Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945". New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3