10 CM Kanone 17
The display reads:
10 CM Kanone 17
100 MM Gun, M1897
Germany WWI
This extremely long-ranged Corps artillery piece entered service with the German and Austrian forces in 1917 and was eventually slated to replace the 10 CM Kanones, Models of 1904 and 1914.
The ammunition was carried in the conventional caisson and limber also towed by six horses. The 10 CM Kanone 17 traveled in two loads, each load pulled by six horses in three teams.
Near the firing point, on level ground, the tube transporter was driven on to special channels on the trail. These rails guided the tube on to the carriage and lined it up with the recoil system. The tube was then winched into the in-battery position and locked in place. The 10 CM K 17 could be moved to the firing position in one piece.
The carriage is the standard box trail type with a hydropneumatic recoil system and a spring-recuperator system. The breech is the horizontal sliding wedge type favored by German designers. Ammunition is separate loading with both shell and shrapnel rounds.
After the First World War, these weapons were hidden to prevent destruction under the terms of the Versailles Treaty. They re-entered German service in 1933 and Austrian 10 CM K 17's were added to the German inventory with the annexation of that country.
This particular specimen was placed on top of Signal Mountain at Fort Sill in 1929 at the suggestion of Mr. Morris S. Simpson, a local merchant. It served as a memorial to Fort Sill soldiers who died in WW I. In 1989 it was removed from the mountain, after a direct artillery hit, and renovated.
Caliber: 105 mm (4.14 in)
Weight: 3.307 kg (7,276 lbs)
Elevation: - 36 to 800 mils (-2 to 45 degrees)
Traverse: 107 mils (6 degrees)
Range: 16,500 meters (17,875 [10.2 miles])
Shell Weight: 25.69 kg (56.5 lbs)
Museum Acc.#: 89.48.41
Taken September 2nd, 2011.
10 CM Kanone 17
The display reads:
10 CM Kanone 17
100 MM Gun, M1897
Germany WWI
This extremely long-ranged Corps artillery piece entered service with the German and Austrian forces in 1917 and was eventually slated to replace the 10 CM Kanones, Models of 1904 and 1914.
The ammunition was carried in the conventional caisson and limber also towed by six horses. The 10 CM Kanone 17 traveled in two loads, each load pulled by six horses in three teams.
Near the firing point, on level ground, the tube transporter was driven on to special channels on the trail. These rails guided the tube on to the carriage and lined it up with the recoil system. The tube was then winched into the in-battery position and locked in place. The 10 CM K 17 could be moved to the firing position in one piece.
The carriage is the standard box trail type with a hydropneumatic recoil system and a spring-recuperator system. The breech is the horizontal sliding wedge type favored by German designers. Ammunition is separate loading with both shell and shrapnel rounds.
After the First World War, these weapons were hidden to prevent destruction under the terms of the Versailles Treaty. They re-entered German service in 1933 and Austrian 10 CM K 17's were added to the German inventory with the annexation of that country.
This particular specimen was placed on top of Signal Mountain at Fort Sill in 1929 at the suggestion of Mr. Morris S. Simpson, a local merchant. It served as a memorial to Fort Sill soldiers who died in WW I. In 1989 it was removed from the mountain, after a direct artillery hit, and renovated.
Caliber: 105 mm (4.14 in)
Weight: 3.307 kg (7,276 lbs)
Elevation: - 36 to 800 mils (-2 to 45 degrees)
Traverse: 107 mils (6 degrees)
Range: 16,500 meters (17,875 [10.2 miles])
Shell Weight: 25.69 kg (56.5 lbs)
Museum Acc.#: 89.48.41
Taken September 2nd, 2011.