15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 14

Austria-Hungarian heavy howitzer used in World War I and World War II 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 14 Skoda 15 cm field howitzer M1914.jpg 300px An M.14 in the Heergeschichtlicheses Museum, Vienna Austria-Hungary Heavy howitzer yes 1914–1945 Austria-HungaryAustriaCzechoslovakiaNazi GermanyHungaryItalyRomaniaSlovakia World War I, World War II Škoda Works 1912–14 Škoda Works 1914–1918 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 14/16 2765 kg lb (M 14/16) 2.09 m ftin on L/14 (M 14)2.12 m ftin 1 on L/14.1 (M 14/16)Heavy Artillery Chamberlain Peter 1975 Arco Gander Terry 0668038985 New York 2143869 41 kg lb 149.1 mm (5.87 in) 1-2 rpm 336 m/s (1,102 ft/s) (M 14/16) 8760 m yd (M 14/16) horizontal sliding-wedge hydro-pneumatic variable recoil box trail -5° to +70° (M 14/16) 6° (M 14/16) The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze M 14 was a heavy howitzer which served with Austria-Hungary during World War I.piringer walter heeresgeschichten https://www.heeresgeschichten.at/ 2024-08-20 www.heeresgeschichten.at Design The Škoda 15 cm M 14 was developed and built at the Škoda Works in Pilsen. Like other guns of the time it had two crew seats mounted on the Gun shield. It broke down into two loads for transport. The M 14 was modified to improve elevation and range as well as to strengthen the carriage as the M 14/16. Users The successor states to the Austro-Hungarian Empire continued to use the M 14 and M 14/16 after the First World War. Postwar modifications were common to make it suitable for motor traction and to address other issues. Former enemies such as Romania and Italy also operated this series of guns whether they were captured, bought or received as war reparations after the Treaty of Versailles. Austria The M 14 and M 14/16 were kept in service by Austria. Those captured by Germany after the Anschluss were given the designation 15 cm sFH M.14(ö). Czechoslovakia The M 14 and M 14/16 were kept in service by Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak weapons were known as the 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 14 and 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 14/16. The German designation for captured Czech guns was 15 cm sFH M.14(t). Hungary The M 14 and M 14/16 was kept in service by Hungary. Hungarian weapons were upgraded in 1935 by MAVAG and designated as M.14/35. Later in 1939 another batch of guns were updated and designated as M.14/39. Italy left|thumb|An Italian Obice 149/13 M 14 and M 14/16 howitzers captured by Italy during the war or received as reparations, were put into service with the designation Obice da 149/13. Some 490 were on hand in 1939 and weapons captured by the Germans after the Italians changed sides in 1943 were used as the 15 cm sFH 400(i) and 15 cm sFH 401(i).left References Bibliography Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Heavy Artillery. New York: Arco, 1975 0-668-03898-5 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 0-385-15090-3 Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 978-3-902526-13-7 External links the M 14 on Landships Italian record Category:World War I howitzers Category:World War II howitzers Category:Artillery of Czechoslovakia Category:World War I artillery of Austria-Hungary Category:150 mm artillery