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Italian Artillery Tables of Characteristics Artillery in The Desert
Italian Artillery Tables of Characteristics Artillery in The Desert
6, November 1942
[DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the wartime U.S. War Department publication. As with all
wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to
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Name
37/54-mm AA
gun Breda
Caliber
(inches)
1.46
Muzzle
velocity
(footseconds)
Rate of fire
(RPM)
Max range
(yards)
Theo- Pracretical tical
2,620
7,700
13,500 ft
45-mm mortar
1.77
Brixia (Model 35)
272
47/32-mm AT
gun
1.85
65/17-mm
infantry gun
125
Remarks
75
587
30
2,050
7,600
2.58
1,130
7,100
70-mm infantry
gun
2.76
1,160
7,100
75-mm infantry
gun (1934)
2.97
1,180
75/13-mm
mountain
howitzer
2.97
1,240
9,000
75/18-mm
gun-howitzer
(Models 34 and
35)
2.97
1,430
10,200
75/27-mm
gun-howitzer
(Model 06)
2.97
1,730
11,200
75/34-mm field
gun
2.97
1,650
13,500
75/46-mm AA
gun (Model 34)
2.97
2,350
14,100
27,200 ft
Mobile gun.
75/50-mm AA
gun
2.97
3,200
17,000
27,500 ft
Tractor-drawn.
76/40-mm AA
gun
2.99
2,620
9,000
15,750 ft
77/28-mm field
gun
3.03
1,710
7,700
81-mm mortar
(Model 35)
3.19
836
4,429
(light
125
70
gun
81-mm mortar
(Model 35)
3.19
836
4,429
(light
bomb);
1,640
(heavy
bomb)
90/50-mm
3.55
multipurpose gun
2,755
19,000
39,400 ft
100/17-mm
3.94
mountain
howitzer (Models
16 and 34)
1,800
10,000
102/35-mm AA
gun
4.02
2,477
14,425
31,100 ft
1,850
14,800
17,500
18,500
Carried in 3 loads.
10-12
149/12-mm
howitzer
5.87
985
7,200
149/13-mm
howitzer (Model
14)
5.87
1,130
9,560
149/35-mm gun
5.87
2,200
19,100
149/40-mm gun
5.87
152/13-mm
howitzer
5.98
1,240
10,400
152/45-mm gun
5.98
2,730
21,200
1,130
9,200
210/22-mm
howitzer (Model
35)
1,730
17,500
8.27
24,000
12.0
12,760
1,790
15.0
19,200
23,650
2,500
26,200