Artillery
See Also: Photo Archive: Big Guns of the Great War
Standard Artillery
| Type | Shell Wgt (lbs) | Range (yds) |
| Austrian10.4cm M14 | 38.5 | 13,670 |
| Austrian 15cm howitzer M14 | 28 | 8,850 |
| French model 1897 75mm | 16 (shrap), 11.75 (HE) | 9,000 |
| French Schneider 105mm howitzer | 35 | 6,000 |
| French model 1897 105mm | 35 | 13,400 |
| French model 1898 155mm howitzer | 88 | 7,650 |
| French Schneider 155mm howitzer | 95 | 10,500-13,300 |
| German 7.7cm | 15 | 5,800-11,700 |
| German 10.5cm field howitzer 98/09 | 34 | 7,600 |
| German model 1916 10.5cm howitzer | 34 | 9,200-10,900 |
| German 10cm 04/14 | 39.5 | 12,085 |
| German 15cm howitzer | 95 | 7,000-9,400 |
| British Mk I 18-pdr | 18 | 7,000 |
| British 4.5in howitzer | 35 | 7,000 |
| British 13-pdr | 12.5 | 5,900 |
| British 60-pdr | 60 | 10,300 |
| British 12-1/2-pdr mountain | 12.5 | 5,800 |
| British 20-pdr mountain howitzer | 20 | 5,800 |
| British 6in howitzer | 100 | 10,000-11,600 |
| Russian model 1909 light field howitzer | 52 | 8,100 |
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This howitzer was produced by the Skoda arms works in Austria. These siege guns were used by the Germans to soften the forts at Liege, Namur, and Maubeuge. The shells they fired weighed 1,786 pounds and they could fire one every 6 minutes. |
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French 75mm. Rapid firing and accurate. It was a common artillery piece among the allies. Note the spent casing in the air. |
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British 18-pounder being aimed by its crew. |
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British 60-pounder in Salonika. |
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German 42cm "Big Bertha", named for Bertha Krupp. |
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German 17cm railway gun. The recoil was allowed to push the car down the tracks in order to be dispersed. |
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French troops loading a 40cm shell into a railway gun. |
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British officer with an unexploded German shell. This type of shell would have been fired by the large railway guns. |
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Diagram of an British field howitzer. |
Heavy Artillery
| Type | Shell Wgt (lbs) | Range (yds) |
| Austrian 30.5cm howitzer | 846 | 13,100 |
| Austrian 38cm howitzer (1916) | 1,320 | 16,700 |
| French 155mm GPF | 97 | 19,650 |
| French model 1885 270mm mortar | 204-384 | 8,800 |
| French 370mm mortar | 1,076 | 8,800 |
| French model 1917 220mm Schneider | 200 | 24,500 |
| French 370mm howitzer | 900-1,120 | 8,900-11,500 |
| German 21cm Morser | 184 | 10,280-11,150 |
| German 42cm heavy howitzer | 2,052 | 15,500 |
| German 42cm light howitzer | 900-1,750 | 10,300-13,600 |
| German 15cm L/40 | approx 100 | 14,000-19,000 |
| German model 1916 15cm | 28 | 23,500 |
| German 17cm | 140 | 30,000 |
| German 21cm long morser | 261 | 11,200 |
| German 28cm howitzer | 750 | 11,200 |
| British 6in | 100 | 17,700 |
| British 9.2in howitzer | 290 | 10,000-12,7000 |
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