- Skoda 100 mm Model 1916
Infobox Weapon
name=10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16
caption=
origin=Austria-Hungary
type=mountain gun
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=
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
number=
variants=10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16(T)
weight=convert|1235|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|1.93|m|in L/19
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=convert|16|kg|lb (Czech)
convert|13.37|kg|lb (Italian)
caliber=100 mm
action=
rate=
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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breech=
recoil=
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 byAustria-Hungary duringWorld War I . The Turks used a 105 mm variant, the M.16(T). TheWehrmacht 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 twoanimal cart s. The gun crew was protected by an armouredshield . 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
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