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M.1915 7.5 cm mountain cannon, photo

The M.1915 mountain cannon was one of the most modern artillery guns in the Austro-Hungarian army. Here it is in service in the Dolomites in 1916.

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    Artillery I.: Technical Innovation and late Modernisation

    In 1900 it became more than apparent that the guns of the Imperial Artillery were by and large outdated compared to those of the other Great Powers.  An extensive process of modernisation was to balance out that deficiency. Yet the projected new gun models could not be brought to readiness for start of production before the beginning of the war in 1914.