37-mm trench gun M1915 () was a Russian battalion gun employed in World War I.
With World War I switching into a trench warfare phase late in 1914, a need for a highly mobile artillery system to be used against enemy machine gun emplacements and other strongpoints became apparent. In 1915 colonel M. F. Rosenberg, a member of the Artillery Committee, developed such a weapon. The gun was compact enough to fit into machine gun emplacements. It weighed only about 180 kg and could be dismantled into three pieces - barrel (about 74 kg), carriage (82 kg) and wheels (25 kg), making it easy to move around. To protect the crew from enemy fire, the gun was equipped with a shield 6 or 8 mm thick. The weapon was sufficiently accurate at ranges of up to roughly 1 mile or about 1.6 km.
Similar Weapons 3.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz M.15 3.7 cm TAK 1918 Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP Type 11 37 mm infantry gun
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External links
37 K/15 at jaegerplatoon.net