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Thursday 14 February 2019

I have been to ... Cartagena Military Museum: Field and Mountain Artillery

The museum has a large collection of historic field and mountain artillery, some of which was supplied during the Spanish Civil War and some which was home-designed and built.

77/24 nA Mod.1896 77mm Field Gun
The standard German Army field gun at the beginning of the First World War.


77/32 Mod.FK16 77mm Field Gun
This was developed from the 77/24 nA Mod.1896, and became the German Army's standard field gun by the end of the First World War.


75/27 Mod.1911 'Deport'-system 75mm Field Gun
A French-designed gun that was manufactured by the Italians, mainly for use by Horse Artillery units.


105/28 Mod.1913 105mm Howitzer
French-designed and built by the Italians, these guns were supplied to the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.


100/17 Mod.1914 100mm Howitzer


105/30 Mod.1940 105mm Howitzer
A British design that was built in Spain. The original Vickers design shared much in common with what became the British 25-pounder field gun.


105/26 Mod.1950 105mm Howitzer
The design was developed from the standard German 105mm howitzer used during the Second World War and supplied to Spain.



105/11 Mod.1919 105mm Mountain Howitzer
Designed by Schneider, it became the Spanish Army's standard mountain howitzer.



75/22 75mm Mountain Gun


75/22 Mod.1951 75mm Mountain Gun
Developed from the earlier design, it had a new carriage and redesigned barrel that made it easier to use and to tow by motor vehicle.


105/14 Mod.1956 105mm Mountain Howitzer
Designed by OTO Melera, this became the standard NATO light field howitzer, and remains in use across the world.



65/17 Mod.1913 65mm Infantry Gun
An Italian design based upon an earlier French one.


75/13 Mod.1945 75mm Infantry Gun
A Spanish design that drew on their experience of using different artillery pieces supplied during and after the Spanish Civil War.



A number of other pieces of field and mountain artillery are on display in the courtyard of the museum.





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