Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1916 Batignolles
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Mortier de 150 mm T Modèle 1916 Batignolles | |
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Type | Heavy trench mortar |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
In service | 1916 - 1919 |
Used by | France |
Wars | World War I |
Production history | |
Designed | 1915 |
Manufacturer | Société de Construction des Batignolles |
Produced | 1916-1917 |
No. built | 400 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 510 kg |
Barrel length | 1800 mm |
Diameter | 150 mm |
Shell | 75 mm shell primed bush cut to 200 mm |
Calibre | 150 mm |
Breech | muzzle-loading |
Carriage | firing platform |
Elevation | 10° - 75° |
Traverse | 16° |
Rate of fire | 3 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 140 m/s |
Maximum firing range | 2,120 m |
The Mortier de 150 mm T Modèle 1916 Batignolles was the standard French heavy trench mortar of World War I. Designed in 1915, it entered service in May 1916. 400 were manufactured by the Société de Construction des Batignolles, out of an order of 600 reduced to 400 in 1917. Replaced by the Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1917 Fabry, 264 remained in service in November 1918. Most were scrapped after the end of the war.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ François, Guy (October 2024). "75 T et 150 T: ensemble pour compléter". Histoire de Guerre, Blindés et Matériel (in French). No. 150. pp. 29–34.