- 21 cm Mörser 10
Infobox Weapon
name=21 cm Mörser 10
caption=21 cm Mörser 10 nearVictoria Barracks, Melbourne , Australia.
origin=Germany
type=howitzer
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is_artillery=yes
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used_by=flag|German Empire
wars=World War I
designer=Krupp
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weight=convert|15496|lb|kg
length=
part_length=convert|101.2|in|cm L/12
width=
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crew=
cartridge=convert|252|lb|kg
caliber=211 mm
action=
rate=
velocity=335 m/sec (1,101) ft/sec
range=
max_range=convert|9400|m|yd
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breech=horizontal sliding wedge
recoil=hydro-pneumatic
carriage=box trail
elevation=-6° to +70°
traverse=4°
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speed=The 21 cm Mörser 10 (21 cm Mrs 10) was a heavy
howitzer used byGermany inWorld War I . It replaced the obsolete21 cm Mörser 99 that lacked a recoil system. For transport it broke down into two loads. Some howitzers were fitted with a gun shield during the war. As it was also intended for siege use a concrete-penetrating shell was also used. Unusually it had two spades, one fixed at the end of the trail and another folding one about half-way down the trail.216 were in service at the beginning of the war [Jäger, p. 29] . It was replaced by the
21 cm Mörser 16 also known as the langer 21 cm Mörser since it was merely a lighter 21 cm Mrs 10 with a longer barrel for extra range and other refinements.The specifications of this weapon differ between the sources and contradict each other. Those given here cannot be regarded as authoritative.
References
* Hogg, Ian. "Twentieth-Century Artillery". New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000 ISBN 0-7607-1994-2
* Jäger, Herbert. "German Artillery of World War One". Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 ISBN 1-86126-403-8Notes
External links
* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/21cm_howitzer.htm 21 cm Mörser 10/16 on Landships]
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