Skoda 150 mm Model 1918
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The Skoda 105 mm Model 1918 was a mountain gun, manufactured in Czechoslovakia (by Skoda Works), following World War I. The design process was begun during the war. After 1938, the Wehrmacht would use these as 15 cm GebH 18(t). 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.
[edit] Statistics
- Calibre: 149 mm
- Elevation -5 to 70 °
- Muzzle velocity: 340 m/s
- Range: 8000 m
- Traverse: 7 °
- Weight: 2800 kg
- Weight of shell: 42 kg
