The Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider was a

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used by the armies of Greece, Denmark, and Poland during

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. It used the same sprung single-axle

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carriage as the Schneider 149 mm Modele 1929 howitzer. The gun had steel wheels with solid rubber tires and could be towed by either a horse-team or artillery tractor. It used the cumbersome Schneider-trademark spade plates that had to be hammered into the ground to anchor the gun in place. The German Army designated these guns 10.5 cm Kanone 310(g) and 10.5 cm Kanone 321(d) respectively, but it is unknown if they actually used them themselves.

References

* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. ''Light and Medium Field Artillery''. New York: Arco, 1975

External links

* http://www.dws-xip.pl/encyklopedia/arm30-dk/ * http://www.dws-xip.pl/wojna/bron/polska/p38.html * http://forsvaret.dk/OKSBL/OM%20OKSB%C3%98LLEJREN/HISTORIE/1929%20-%201940/Pages/default.aspx * https://forum.ioh.pl/viewtopic.php?p=252850 World War II field artillery 105 mm artillery Schneider Electric] {{artillery-stub