Skoda 150 mm Model 1918

Infobox Weapon
name=Skoda 150 mm Model 1918


caption=
origin=Czechoslovakia
type=mountain howitzer
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=yes
is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=1918-1945?
used_by=flag|Czechoslovakia
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War II
designer=Skoda
design_date=
manufacturer=Skoda
production_date=1918?
number=
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weight=convert|2800|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|1.937|m|in L/13
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=convert|42|kg|lb
caliber=149.1 mm (5.87 in)
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rate=
velocity=340 m/s (1,115 ft/s)
range=
max_range=convert|8000|m|yd
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breech=
recoil=
carriage=box trail
elevation=-5° to +70°
traverse=7°
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speed=The Skoda 150 mm Model 1918 was a heavy mountain howitzer, manufactured (by Skoda Works). The design was begun during World War I, but the first prototype was completed as the war ended. After 1938, the Wehrmacht would designated the few built as 15 cm GebH 18(t), although it's uncertain if they were actually used. The gun could be transported on six carts; each cart pulled by at least two horses or mules. The barrel assembly required three towing animals.

References

* Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. "Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns"
* 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