Worlds first mountain gun able to be broken down

Mountain guns are

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pieces designed for use in mountain warfare and areas where usual wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called "pack guns" or "pack howitzers". During the

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these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers". The first designs of modern breechloading mountain guns with recoil control and the capacity to be easily broken down and reassembled into highly efficient units were made by Greek army engineers P. Lykoudis and Panagiotis Danglis (after whom the Schneider-Danglis gun was named) in the 1890s. Mountain guns are similar to infantry support guns. They are largely outdated, their role being filled by howitzers, mortars,

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s, recoilless rifles and

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s. Most modern artillery is manufactured from light-weight materials and can be transported fully assembled by helicopters.

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External links

''Popular Science'', May 1941, '' "The Old Army Army Mule Takes Guns Where Wheels Won't Go" ''

''Assembling the Howitzer''
detail photos showing a 75mm howitzer's various sections being taken off mules and assembled {{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain Gun *

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