De Bange 80mm field gun M. 1885

 

 

 

 

Calibre :

80mm L/15

Weight of the barrel :

120 kg

Weight of the carriage :

185 kg

Weight in action :

305 kg

Barrel length :

1.200 m

Barrel grooves

number :

24

depth :

0.5 mm

width :

8 mm

Battering charge :

0.4 kg of smokeless powder

Shell

weight :

5.97 kg - charge : 0.15 kg

muzzle velocity :

253 m/s

max. range :

4300 m

Shell

weight :

6.1 kg - charge : 0.15 kg

muzzle velocity :

250 m/s

max. range :

4100 m

Shrapnell

weight :

6.3 kg - 120 bullets x 14.5 g

6.32 kg - 180 bullets x 12 g

muzzle velocity :

243 m/s

Max. range :

2400 m

Case shot weight :

5.55 kg - 85 balls x 44 g

Elevation :

+ 23° / - 12°

+ 33° / - 2° (with a shorter carriage)

Traversing angle :

6°

Transport :

3 loads: 1 - gun (143 kg); 1 - carriage (148 kg); 1 - trail and wheels (129 kg)

Remarks :

Slow firing mountain gun ordered in 1885 by the Serbian government from French firm “Societé anonyme des anciens établissements Cail”. The Serbian army bought forty-two guns and in 1904-06 modernised them for use of smokeless powder.