Photos of mountain guns near the artillery, 1914 – 1917

The photo shows the calculation of the ranks of one of the mountain battery near the material – the 3-inch mountain gun model 1909 Gun-versed in two parts barrel and split carriage was designed by the firm Schneider. From Russian field guns of the same caliber she differed less range, but these are the ballistic quality proved very popular not only in the mountains, but in conditions of trench warfare. Due to the ease system was highly mobile and was accompanied by the infantry "fire and wheels". Upon the occurrence of a cannon perekidyvaem calculation, moving in formations of the infantry, and were able very quickly to fire from new positions, so the mountain battery was part of the usual field artillery brigades. The system has proved very successful, its base was subsequently created protivosokova gun, model of 1910, "short" field gun, model of 1913, and finally the regimental cannon sample 1927 Mountain gun model 1909 was produced by the domestic industry until the late 1930s and was used extensively in the great Patriotic war. On khobotova part of the gun carriage sits a while (according to Soviet terminology, the gun commander), to the right of carriage took the place of the castle room on the left is the gunner, in the background the porters of ammunition and other rooms. Near khobotova part you can see two unitary cartridge. From bullets field 3-inch guns they were more short sleeves, despite the fact that the shells (shrapnel and high-explosive grenades) both guns were exactly the same. In the foreground – an open ammunition box, used for toe caps ammunition and their transportation by pack-horses. Beautiful story showing the everyday life of artillery during the First world war. Size 9*12 see reverse side clean. The original.