120 mm howitzer Model 1901

120 mm howitzer Model 1901 12 cm Mrs Hb 01 Hämeenlinna 2.JPG 300 A Russian model 1901 captured during the Finnish Civil War at the Hameenlinna artillery museum. German Empire Howitzer yes yes yes 1901-? See Users * Second Boer War Russo-Japanese War Balkan Wars World War I Finnish Civil War Hungarian–Romanian War Krupp 1901 Krupp 1901 Russia: ?Romania: 31 Travel: 1835 kg lb onCombat: 1065 kg lb on 1.4 m ftin on L/11.6 Cased separate-loading HE: 15.6 kg lboz onShrapnel: 21 kg lboz on 120 mm in on 300 m/s ft/s on 6.5 km mi 0 on Horizontal sliding block Spring loaded recoil spade Box trail 0° to +42° The 120 mm howitzer Model 1901 – was a German howitzer used by the Imperial Russian and Romanian Armies during the First World War.Artileria Română în date şi imagini Stroea Adrian 2010 Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei [CTEA] Băjenaru, Gheorghe. 9786065240803 București 44 895490826 Design The model 1901 was a short ranged field howitzer capable of both direct and indirect fire.http://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian%20Artillery%201/Krupp%20120mm%201901_Hb_Romania.htm Krupp 120mm 1901_Hb_Romania www.bulgarianartillery.it 2018-07-01 The model 1901 had a short steel barrel, a box trail carriage, two wooden spoked wheels with steel rims, a horizontal sliding-block breech, it fired cased separate-loading ammunition and had a spring-loaded recoil spade. For transport, the trail of the carriage could be connected to a limber and caisson for towing by a six-horse team. Users Orange Free State – The Boers used an unknown number of model 1901 howitzers during the Second Boer War.http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol022dh.html South African Military History Society – Journal- Guns in South Africa 1899–1902 samilitaryhistory.org 2018-07-01 Russian Empire – An unknown number of model 1901 howitzers were used by the Imperial Russian Army. The photos in the gallery below are of a model 1901 that was captured from the Russians during the Finnish Civil War and is displayed at the Hameenlina artillery museum. – In 1902 two batteries of four guns were assigned to the 2nd artillery regiment in Bucharest. This was followed by three more batteries assigned to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments. In 1915 the Romanians added a gun shield to protect the gunners. In 1916 the Romanian Army had 31 of these howitzers when they entered the First World War.Romania in World War 1916–1919. Volume I. Documents-Annexes Official Gazette and State Imprints, Bucharest, 1934–1940 56 Photo Gallery References Category:120 mm artillery Category:World War I howitzers Category:Artillery of Romania Category:Romania in World War I Category:Russo-Japanese war weapons of Russia Category:World War I artillery of Russia Category:World War I artillery of Germany