120 mm howitzer Model 1901

The 120 mm howitzer Model 1901 – was a German howitzer used by the Imperial Russian and Romanian Armies during the First World War.

[1] The model 1901 was a short ranged field howitzer capable of both direct and indirect fire.

[2] The model 1901 had a short steel barrel, a box trail carriage, two wooden spoked wheels with steel rims, a horizontal sliding-block breech, it fired cased separate-loading ammunition and had a spring-loaded recoil spade.

For transport, the trail of the carriage could be connected to a limber and caisson for towing by a six-horse team.

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