76 mm mountain gun M1909

Canon de76M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider
Russian Model 1909 mountain gun
Type	Mountain gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	France Finland Greece Russian Empire Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I, World War II
Production history
Designer	Panagiotis Danglis
Manufacturer	Schneider et Cie
Produced	1909
Specifications
Weight	transport: 1,225 kg (2,701 lbs) combat: 627 kg (1,382 lbs)
Shell	76.2 × 191 mm R
Caliber	76.2 mm (3 in)
Elevation	-6° to +28°
Traverse	50°
Muzzle velocity	387 m/s (1,270 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	8,550 m (9,350 yds)

The Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider (76 mm mle.09) was a mountain gun manufactured by a French company, Schneider. An earlier version, the 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09 had been designed, in 1906, by a Greek officer (Colonel Danglis), who designed it as a 75 mm gun. This gun was used by Greece who, by 1939, had sold many of these guns to Finland, where it was known as the 75 LK 13. In 1909, the revised 76.2 mm gun was produced for Russia, which wanted to replace the low-powered 3-inch mountain gun M1904 designed by Obukhov plant. The Russians designated this as the 76 mm mountain gun M1909 (76-09) and developed several modifications (fortress 3-inch counter-assault gun M1910 and "short" gun M1913, 76 LK 10 and 76 LK 13 in Finnish service). In 1941, the Germans captured a number of 76-09s, which they referred to as 7.62 cm GebK 293(r). The guns were sometimes equipped with an armoured shield.

Museum examples

• Polish Army Museum in Warsaw^[1]
• The Artillery Museum of Finland in Hämeenlinna

References

1. Armata górska wz. 1909 kal. 76,2 mm (pl)