122 mm howitzer M1909

122 mm howitzer M1909
Type	field howitzer
Place of origin	Russian Empire
Service history
Used by	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Wars	World War I, Russian Civil War
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Specifications
Barrel length	overal:1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) L/14

Caliber	121.92 mm (4.8 in)
Breech	horizontal block
Recoil	hydraulic/spring
Carriage	single trail
Elevation	-1° to 43°
Traverse	4°

The 122 mm howitzer M1909 (Russian: 122-мм гаубица обр. 1909 гг.) was a Russian Empire 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer used throughout World War I.

Following the defeats of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia sought to modernize some of its equipment, which included the purchase of foreign designed artillery. Seeking new systems from both France and Germany, the 122 mm howitzer M1909 was developed by the German arms manufacturer Krupp.^[1] Russia also bought a very similar system from the French arms manufacturer Schneider et Cie, the 122 mm howitzer M1910.

It was later updated by the Soviet Union as the 122 mm howitzer M1909/37 which saw combat in the German-Soviet War.

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

122 mm howitzer M1910 - very similar piece in Russian service designed by Schneider et Cie
QF 4.5-inch howitzer - British equivalent, in Russian service also
10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 - early German equivalent
10.5 cm leFH 16 - later German equivalent

References

↑ 122 mm howitzer M1910 from Landships

Russian Empire Small Arms & Ordnance of the First World War

Rifles

Machine guns

Side arms

Nagant M1895

Hand grenades

Model 1914 grenade

Artillery

Infantry guns	37 mm trench gun M1915

Field Artillery	76 mm gun M1900 76 mm divisional gun M1902 87 mm light field gun M1877 42-line field gun M1877 107 mm gun M1910 QF 4.5-inch howitzer 122 mm howitzer M1909 122 mm howitzer M1910

Mountain artillery	76 mm mountain gun M1909

Howitzers, medium, and heavy artillery	BL 60-pounder gun 152 mm howitzer M1909 152 mm howitzer M1910 BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer 152 mm siege gun M1910 BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII

Siege artillery	42-line siege gun M1877 6 inch siege gun M1877 6-inch siege gun M1904 280 mm Schneider Mortar Model 1914/15 BL 9.2-inch howitzer 305 mm howitzer M1915

Mortars	9 cm Mortar Type GR Aasen mortar

Anti-aircraft guns	76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15

Coastal artillery

Obukhovskii 12"/52 Pattern 1907 gun

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