Mortier de 220mm C (L/10.3) Mle1916
This weapon is sometimes in the literature been described as a heavy howitzer sometimes as moždíř.
In may 1940 mobilised 376 pcs ( with a deposit a total of 462 ks).
TTD:
Caliber: 220mm
Length of barrel: L/10,3
Fighting weight: 5 800 kg
Elevation: 10° to +65°
Delivery: 6°6'
The firing rate during the 6 hour 1 blow/min
Ammunition: HE
Max. range : 10 800 m
Bullet weight: 100,5 kg
V° : 415 m/s
Source:
Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry: Heavy Artillery; WW2 Fact Files, MACDONALD and JANES, London, 1974,
David Lehmann , 1939-1940 FRENCH ARMAMENT .
This weapon is sometimes in the literature been described as a heavy howitzer sometimes as moždíř.
In may 1940 mobilised 376 pcs ( with a deposit a total of 462 ks).
TTD:
Caliber: 220mm
Length of barrel: L/10,3
Fighting weight: 5 800 kg
Elevation: 10° to +65°
Delivery: 6°6'
The firing rate during the 6 hour 1 blow/min
Ammunition: HE
Max. range : 10 800 m
Bullet weight: 100,5 kg
V° : 415 m/s
Source:
Chamberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry: Heavy Artillery; WW2 Fact Files, MACDONALD and JANES, London, 1974,
David Lehmann , 1939-1940 FRENCH ARMAMENT .