152 mm howitzer Model 1910 Schneider | |
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![]() 152 mm howitzer Model 1910 Schneider displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum. | |
Type | Heavy field howitzer |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
In service | 1910–1945 |
Used by | Russian Empire Soviet Union Finland Estonia |
Wars | World War I, Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War |
Production history | |
Designer | Schneider et Cie |
Manufacturer | Schneider et Cie, Putilov, Perm |
No. built | 381 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2,250 kilograms (4,960 lb) |
Barrel length | about 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Shell | separate-loading cased charge |
Shell weight | 43.5 kilograms (96 lb) |
Caliber | 152.4 millimetres (6.00 in) |
Breech | interrupted screw |
Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic |
Carriage | Box trail |
Elevation | -1° to +42° |
Traverse | 6° |
Muzzle velocity | 335 metres per second (1,100 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 8,700 metres (9,500 yd) |
The 152 mm howitzer Model 1910 Schneider or, more properly, 6 dm polevaja gaubitsa sistemy Schneidera as it was designated in Tsarist times, was a French howitzer designed by Schneider et Cie. It was used by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during World War I, the Polish–Soviet War and the Russian Civil War. Finland captured nine during the Finnish Civil War, but did not use them during that conflict. They did see combat during the Winter War and the Continuation War.