The 8 cm Feldkanone M. 99 was a field gun used by
Austria-Hungary in
World War I.
It was designed in a rush because Austria's neighbors had already begun the process of modernizing their artillery. The designers whatever improvements they could be made without delaying development. For example, various hydraulic recoil systems were evaluated, but ultimately rejected as they required more development time than was available. So the M. 99 retained the so-called steel bronze (see
Franz von Uchatius
Franz von Uchatius (1811–1881) was an Austrian artillery general and inventor. His inventions included both military applications and pioneer work in cinematography.
He invented a motion picture projector in 1853, developing it over the years f ...
) barrel of its predecessor, but used an eccentric interrupted-screw breech to speed up its rate of fire, and adopted the carriage of the
9 cm Feldkanone M 75/96 with some minor changes, including improvements to the spade brake to reduce recoil forces.
References
Bibliography
* Ortner, M. Christian. ''The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics''. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007
World War I guns
World War I artillery of Austria-Hungary
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