The 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 75 was a bronze-steel mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Despite its 7 cm designation, it actually fired a projectile. The Austro-Hungarian Army used rounded centimeter designations for its artillery pieces.
The gun was equipped with an early form of the Krupp horizontal sliding-block breech and used separate-loading, bagged charges and projectiles. Its low-profile design allowed the breech to recoil into the ground, restricting its elevation and limiting its effectiveness as a mountain gun, where high angles of elevation were particularly important. For transport, the Gebirgsgeschütz M 75 could be broken down into two loads.
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External links 7 cm M 75 GebirgsKanone http://www.kuk-gebirgsartillerie.at/kuk14/kanonen.html