10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99

10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99
Type	Mountain howitzer
Place of origin	Austria-Hungary
Service history
Used by	Austria-Hungary
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designed	1899
Specifications
Mass	1,022 kg (2,253 lb)
Width	90 cm (35 in)
Shell	14.3 kg (32 lb)
Caliber	104 mm (4.1 in)
Breech	Eccentric screw
Carriage	Box trail
Muzzle velocity	305 m/s (1,000 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	6,100 m (6,700 yd)?

A 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M99 barrel at Technical Museum Vienna

The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I.[1]

It consisted of a barrel of the 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 made from the so-called steel bronze (92% copper bronze strengthened by autofrettage which was used due to the lack of steel industry in Austria, see Franz von Uchatius) on a new, narrow-gauge box trail carriage that could be broken down for transport on animal carts. Like its brother, it lacked a modern recoil system, using only an ineffective spring-mounted recoil spade, and was virtually obsolescent upon its introduction. Relatively few were made as the version of the standard 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 with a narrow, 1.3-metre (51 in) carriage was cheaper.

References

1. "10cm M 99 GebirgsHaubitze". www.passioncompassion1418.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

Bibliography

• 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