Obice da 75/18 modello 35 – Fotod ja videod

The borders of Italy are mountainous terrain, so the Italian army has always had an interest in mountain artillery. However, by the 1930s much of Italy’s mountain artillery was obsolescent and overdue for replacement. In 1934, the Italian firm of Ansaldo produced a new mountain howitzer design, the Obice da 75/18 modello 34Kujundas kolonelleitnant Sergio Berlese, kes teenis Itaalia suurtükiväes. modello 34 transpordiks võib jagada kaheksaks koormaks. Standardimise ja logistika huvides kasutati tavaliste välipatareide kerge haubitsakomponendina ka 75/18 versiooni modello 35. Modello 35 ei lagunenud väiksemateks koormusteks ja sellel oli pigem jagatud kui kast, rada

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The Obice da 75/18 modello 35 was a 75 mm howitzer designed and manufactured by the Italian company Ansaldo in the interwar period. It was a modified version of the Obice da 75/18 modello 34, a mountain gun used by the Italian alpine troops. The modello 35 had a split trail instead of a box trail, and could not be broken down into smaller loads for transport. It was intended to be the standard light howitzer for the Italian infantry divisions in World War II.
The Obice da 75/18 modello 35 had a barrel length of 1.557 m and a maximum range of 9,564 m. It fired a 6.4 kg high-explosive shell with a muzzle velocity of 425 m/s. The gun had an elevation range of -10° to +45° and a traverse range of 50°. The Obice da 75/18 modello 35 was also mounted on some self-propelled guns, such as the Semovente 75/18, where it proved to be effective against enemy tanks with its HEAT ammunition. The Obice da 75/18 modello 35 was sold to some foreign countries, such as Portugal, El Salvador and Venezuela, and captured by the Allies during the war.