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10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15
10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien.
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	Austria-Hungary
Service history
In service	1916-1945
Used by	Austria-Hungary  Nazi Germany  Italy
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designer	Skoda
Designed	1909-1914
Manufacturer	Skoda
Produced	1914-1918
No. built	577?
Variants	Cannone da 105/32
Specifications
Mass	3,030 kg (6,680 lb)
Barrel length	3.64 m (11 ft 11 in) L/35
Shell	16.1 kilograms (35 lb 8 oz)
Caliber	105 mm (4.13 in)
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-10° to +30°
Traverse	6°
Rate of fire	3-4 rpm
Muzzle velocity	668 m/s (2,191 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	16,200 m (17,700 yd)

The 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 was a heavy field gun used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. Guns captured or turned over to Italy as reparations after World War I were taken into Italian service as the Cannone da 105/32 and were bored out to 105 mm to fit Italian ammunition. It was one of the principal Italian long-range guns in World War II and saw service in North Africa and Russia. Those few guns that were captured from the Italians by the Germans after the Italian surrender in 1943 were designated as 10.5 cm Kanone 320(i). It doesn't seem to have seen service with any of the Austro-Hungarian successor states after World War I.

For transport it broke down into the customary two loads. And it carried the customary two seats on the gun shield for crewmen. All data given herein is for the Italian version of the gun.

References

• 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
• 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

External links

• Cannone da 105/32 on Italie 1935-1945
• http://old.vhu.cz/cs/stranka/sbirkovefondy%2520vhu/10-4cm-polni-kanon-vz--15-&usg=ALkJrhiZc9vZe1HfpsTh6l0Ado5M4sZM6w

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