- 87 mm light field gun M1877
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name=87-mm light field gun model 1877
caption=M1877 87-mm field gun inHämeenlinna Artillery Museum.
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weight=445 kg
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speed=87-mm light field gun M1877 ( _ru. 87-мм полевая лёгкая пушка образца 1877 года) was a field gun utilized in
Russo-Japanese War ,World War I ,Russian Civil War and a number of interwar period armed conflicts with participants from the formerRussian Empire . The gun was initially developed byKrupp , but was also produced in the Russian Empire. Russian-manufactured pieces differed from the German-manufactured ones in breech type and construction elevation mechanism. The gun lacked recoil mechanism.In addition to the standard variant, a lightweight version was produced. It had shorter barrel (18 calibers), which resulted in reduced muzzle velocity (412 m/s) and range (6 km), but also in much lighter construction (360 kg).
During World War I large number of guns were positioned in fortifications in western
Finland . Early in theFinnish Civil War many of these guns were taken over by the Finnish White Guard and became itsde facto standard artillery pieces. By the end of1918 the Finnish Army possessed 144 guns of the type, but soon afterwards they were removed from active service because of obsolescence and their poor condition. A few remained in use in 1920s as practice pieces.External links
* [http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY1.htm#87K77 87 K/77 at jaegerplatoon.net]
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