26 cm Minenwerfer M 17

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name=26 cm Minenwerfer M 17


caption=Böhler model at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
origin=Austria-Hungary
type=heavy trench mortar
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service=1917-?
used_by=flag|Austria-Hungary
flag|Austria
wars=World War I
designer=Skoda
design_date=1917
manufacturer=Skoda, Böhler, Hungarian Gun Factory
production_date=1917-18
number=300
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weight=convert|1550|kg|lb
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crew=6
cartridge=convert|83|kg|lb
caliber=260 mm
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elevation=34° to 80°
traverse=0°
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speed=The 26 cm Minenwerfer M 17 was a heavy trench mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was developed by Skoda as an alternative to copying captured Italian 240 mm Trench Mortars. Skoda presented two versions, one with a rigid barrel, and the other with a recoil system. The former was chosen as it was simpler to produce. It was a muzzle-loading, rifled mortar that had to be levered around to aim at new targets. It disassembled into four pieces for transport.

First deliveries began in March 1918. Production averaged between thirty-six and forty for the rest of the war.

ee also

References

* Ortner, M. Christian. "The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics". Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7

External Links

* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/ah_ww1mortars.htm M 17 on Landships]