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 Considering
both it's mountainous borders, and the often rough terrain of it's
colonies, it is not surprising that the Italian Army in their
inventory had quite a numer of mountain guns. The Cannone da 65
mod.1911 was originally a French design, intended to replace the
Cannone da 70 A. The cannone da 65
mod.11 was a modern gun, with an up-to-date hydro-spring recoil system.
The
gun weighed 460kg when deployed, had an elevation from -7º to
+20º, and a traverse of 8º. It could shoot two types of ammo: one
HE weiging 4.27kg, and one Shrapnel, weighing 4.07kg and containing
216 shrapnel bullets.
The muzzle velocity was 343m/sec and the maximum range was 6500
meters. It could be broken down into four loads when moved.
At
the beginning of the war, some 50 mountain gun batteries were
equipped with this gun, for a total of 200 pieces. It was quite
successful and subsequent production exceeded 1.000 pieces. It was of course
much used on both the Dolomite Front and on the Isonzo. Later it
also saw action during the Spanish Civil War.
My
model is made from Bandera
Miniatures 1/76 scale White Metal kit. As most Artillery kits, it lacks in
detail, alrhough the basic shape is good, so most work consisted of adding
detail, like seats, dial sight, cradle detail etc.
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