Cannone da 149/40 modello 35

Heavy Gun

Cannone da 149/40
A battery of 149/40 guns.
Type	Heavy Gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1940-1945
Used by	Kingdom of Italy Nazi Germany
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Ansaldo
Manufacturer	Ansaldo
Produced	1940-44
No. built	51 by 1941
Specifications
Mass	11,340 kilograms (25,000 lb)
Barrel length	6.036 metres (19 ft 10 in) L/40

Shell	45.96 kilograms (101.3 lb)
Caliber	149.1 mm (5.87 in)
Carriage	Split trail
Elevation	0° to +45°
Traverse	60°
Rate of fire	1-2 rpm
Muzzle velocity	800 m/s (2,625 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	23,700 metres (25,900 yd)

The Cannone da 149/40 was a heavy gun which served with Italy during World War II. It was intended to replace the obsolete Cannone da 149/35 A, but the small numbers produced prevented that. By 1940 orders had been placed for 590, but only 51 were in service at the end of September 1941. Weapons captured by the Germans after the Italian surrender in 1943 were put into service as the 15 cm K 408(i). Ansaldo produced a batch of twelve for the Germans in April 1944.

It was a good design despite the odd decision to use trail spade plates that had to be pounded into the ground to anchor the gun in place. Normally it was broken down into two loads for transport, but it could be further broken down into four loads for mountainous terrain.

References

"CANNONE DA 149/40 MODELLO 35 - Quartermaster Section".

Chamberlain, Peter; Gander, Terry (1975). Heavy Artillery. New York: Arco. ISBN 0-668-03898-5.

v t e Italian artillery of World War II
Tank guns	Breda Model 35 Cannone da 37/40 Cannone da 47/32 Cannone da 47/40 Cannone da 75/34
Anti-tank guns	Solothurn S-18/1000 Cannone da 47/32 Obice da 75/18 modello 35 Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 Cannone da 90/53 Cannone da 105/25
Infantry and Mountain guns	Cannone da 37/10 modello 15 Cannone da 47/32 Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 Cannone da 70/15 Obice da 75/18 modello 34
Field, Medium and Heavy guns	Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 Cannone da 75/27 modello 12 Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 Obice da 75/18 modello 35 Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 Cannone da 76/17 S modello 12 Obice da 100/17 modello 14 Obice da 105/14 Cannone da 105/28 Cannone da 105/32 Obice da 149/12 Cannone da 149/28 Cannone da 149/35 A Cannone da 149/40 modello 35 Obice da 149/19 modello 37 Cannone da 152/45 Obice da 210/22
Superheavy and Siege artillery	Mortaio da 210/8 D.S. Mortaio da 260/9 Modello 16 Obice da 280 Obice da 305/17
Railroad artillery	Cannone navale da 381/40
Anti-aircraft guns	Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti) Breda Model 35 Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda) Cannone da 75/27 A.V. Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 Cannone da 75/49 Cannone da 90/53

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