Back مدفع جبلي Arabic Gebirgsgeschütz German Cañón de montaña Spanish توپهای کوهستانی FA Canon de montagne French תותח הרים HE 山砲 Japanese 산포 Korean Kalnų patranka LT Canon de montanha OC
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Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for mountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called "pack guns" or "pack howitzers". During the American Civil War these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers".[1]
The first designs of modern breechloading mountain guns with recoil control and the capacity to be easily broken down and reassembled into highly efficient units were made by Greek army engineers P. Lykoudis and Panagiotis Danglis (after whom the Schneider-Danglis gun was named) in the 1890s.
Mountain guns are similar to infantry support guns. They are largely outdated, their role being filled by howitzers, mortars, multiple rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and missiles. Most modern artillery is manufactured from light-weight materials and can be transported fully assembled by helicopters.
- ^ "The 1841 Mountain Howitzer". Nationall Park Service. Retrieved 2 November 2024.