Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider
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The Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider (76 mm mle.09) was a mountain gun manufactured by a French company, Schneider. An earlier version, the Schneider-Danglis 06/09 had been designed, in 1906, by a Greek officer (Colonel Danglis), who designed it as a 75 mm gun. This gun was used by Greece who, by 1939, had sold many of these guns to Finland. In 1909, the revised 76.2 mm gun was produced for Russia; the Russians would refer to this as the Mountain Gun Model 1909 (76-09). In 1941, the Germans captured a number of 76-09s, which they referred to as 7.62 cm GebK 293(r). The guns were sometimes equipped with an armoured shield.
Statistics of the 76 mm mle.09
- Calibre: 76.2 mm
- Elevation: -6° to 28°
- Muzzle velocity: 387 m/s
- Range: 8550 m
- Traverse: 50°
- Weight during combat: 627 kg
- Weight during transport: 1225 kg