Schneider-Canet 75mm field gun M. 1907

 

 

 

 

Serbian designation :

75 мм. пољски топ М. 1907 Шнаjдер

75 мм. пољски топ М. 1907А Шнаjдер

Schneider designation :

Matériel de campagne ŕ tir rapide de 75mm, type PD 2

Calibre :

75mm L/31.4

Weight of the barrel :

340 kg

Weight of the breech-block :

12 kg

Weight of the carriage :

499 kg (without wheels and shield)

Weight in action :

1040 kg 

Weight of the limber :

732 kg

Weight in marching order :

1772 kg

Weight of ammunition wagon :

1762 kg

Barrel length :

2.350 m

Rifling

length :

1.966 m – 26 calibres

twist :

uniform, right-handed, 1 in 30 calibres

angle of twist :

6°

Number of barrel grooves :

24

Height of the line of fire :

955 mm

Shield

weight :

65 kg

thickness :

4 mm

Cartridge

size :

75 x 280 x 90 R

weight :

1.13 kg

shelled :

8.21 kg

charge :

0.58 kg of Poudre BM3 (French smokeless powder)

H.E. Shell

weight :

6.5 kg - bursting charge: 0.65 kg of Schneiderite

max. range :

6320 m (afterwards increased to 8000 m)

fuze :

percussion – 120 g

Shrapnel

weight :

6.5 kg - bursting charge: 80 g of black powder

320 bullets x 10 g x 13 mm

fuze :

time and percussion – 350 g

max. range :

5500 m

Shrapnel

weight :

6.5 kg - charge: 80 g of black powder

294 bullets x 10 g x 13 mm

fuze :

time and percussion - weight : 350 g

max. range :

5500 m

Muzzle velocity :

500 m/s

Height of line of sight :

1.128 m

Elevation :

+ 16° / - 12°

Traversing angle :

6°

Recoil :

1270 mm

Wheels

weight :

136 kg

height :

1.33 m

track :

1.55 m (outside)

Transport :

Six-horse team

Ammunition :

gun limber – 38 shells, wagon limber – 38 shells, wagon body – 60 shells

12 ammunition wagons for every battery

Remarks :

Quick firing field guns, with hydro-pneumatic recoil system, swinging block breech mechanism, traverse on axle. It was equipped with collimateur with aiming circle and panorama sight. It was fitted for independent line of sight. An armoured observatory weighting 34 kg was carried on one of the ammunition wagons. It used the same ammunition as Bulgarian field guns.

Forty batteries were delivered in 1908-09, forty more batteries (160 guns) came later in two different batches. The guns of the second and third delivery were designed M. 1907A. They were only slightly different from M.1907 (somewhat lighter and few technical modifications; ballistics were the same, with L/31.4 barrel).