9 cm Minenwerfer M 14
9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 | |
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9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 in 1916 | |
Type | Light trench mortar |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1914–1918 |
Used by | Austria-Hungary |
Wars | World War I |
Production history | |
Designer | TMK |
Designed | 1914 |
Produced | 1914–17? |
Variants | M 14/16 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 72 kilograms (159 lb) |
Crew | 3 |
Shell | 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) |
Caliber | 90 mm |
Breech | interrupted-screw or cylinder lock |
Effective firing range | 199 metres (218 yd) (M 14) |
Maximum firing range | 345 metres (377 yd) (M 14/16) |
The 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 (trench mortar) was a light mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. Originally named the '1-kg Minenwerfer',[1] it was designed by the Army's own Technisches und Administratives Militär-Komitee (TMK) in an effort to quickly satisfy the demand from the front for a light mortar.
It had a number of issues with its ammunition, namely the black powder used as a propellant, which gave off copious smoke clouds on firing that revealed the tube's location and the mortar bomb fuses had a high rate of failure. The breech-loading mortar tube was mounted on a framework that didn't allow for any traverse, which meant that it was impossible to engage different targets without relaying the mortar. In turn the frame was mounted a rectangular firing platform.
The M 14/16 had a circular platform to provide traverse and weighed only 65 kilograms (143 lb). A later model allowed the mounting to be collapsed for ease of transport. A new M 16 mortar bomb that used the German Poppenberg fuze system generally cured the dud problem, but it still used black powder as its propellant. This was a severe tactical disadvantage and it was decided to purchase replacement mortars from the German firm of Heinrich Lanz from 1917.
References
- ^ Plumier, Bernard. "Surviving Gun File #1095 - 9cm MinenWerfer M14". Passion & Compassion 1914 - 1918. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7
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