List of mountain artillery

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Mountain artillery, which includes pack howitzers, mountain howitzers and mountain guns, is designed to accompany mountain infantry forces. Usually lightweight and designed to be broken down to be portable by pack animals
or even soldiers, they often are in limited calibres with low muzzle energy. Correspondingly, range and anti-armor capabilities are limited. However, they can deliver useful firepower in locations that may be inaccessible to heavier support forces.

Caliber (mm) Weapon name Country of origin Period
42 M1875 mountain gun  United States Spanish–American War / Philippine–American War
63.5
RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun
 United Kingdom Second Boer War
65
Canon de 65 Montagne mle 1906
 Greece /  France World War I / World War II
65 Cannone da 65/17 modello 13  Italy World War I / World War II
66 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 75  Austria-Hungary World War I
70 7 cm Gebirgsgeschütz M 99  Austria-Hungary World War I
70 Cannone da 70/15  Italy World War I
70
BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun
 United Kingdom World War I
70
BL 2.75 inch Mountain Gun
 United Kingdom World War I
70 Canon de Montagne de 70mm SA  France World War I / World War II
75
Type 31 75 mm Mountain Gun
 Japan Russo-Japanese War
75 75 mm Schneider-Danglis 06/09  Greece /  France Balkan Wars / World War I
75
QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun
 United Kingdom /  United States World War I
75 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80  German Empire World War I
75 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 06  German Empire Balkan Wars / World War I / World War II
75 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 13  German Empire World War I
75 Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904  German Empire World War I
75 Ehrhardt Model 1911  German Empire World War I
75 7.5 cm M. 15 mountain gun (Škoda)  Austria-Hungary World War I
75 Škoda 75 mm Model 1928  Czechoslovakia World War II
75 Škoda 75 mm Model 1936  Czechoslovakia World War II
75 Škoda 75 mm Model 1939  Czechoslovakia World War II
75 Canon de 75 M mle 1919 Schneider  France World War II
75 Canon de 75 M mle 1928  France World War II
75 Kongsberg M.27  Norway World War II
75
75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 / M116
 United States World War II
75 Obice da 75/18 Modello 34, 35  Italy World War II
75
Bofors 75 mm Mountain Gun
 Sweden World War II
75 Bofors 75 mm Model 1934  Sweden World War II
75
Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun
 Japan
2nd Sino-Japanese War
75
Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun
 Japan
2nd Sino-Japanese War
75
leGebIG 18
 Nazi Germany World War II
75 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36  Nazi Germany World War II
76
Canon de 76 M mle 1909 Schneider
 France World War I
76 76 mm mountain gun M48  Yugoslavia Cold War
76.2
RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun
 United Kingdom Anglo-Zulu War / Second Boer War
76.2 76-mm mountain gun M1904  Russia World War I
76.2 76 mm mountain gun M1909  Russia /  Soviet Union World War I / World War II
76.2
76-mm mountain gun M1938
 Soviet Union World War II
80 De Bange 80 mm cannon  France 1877- World War I
87.6 Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short  Australia World War II
94
3.7-inch mountain howitzer
 United Kingdom World War I / World War II
100 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99  Austria-Hungary World War I
100 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 8  Austria-Hungary World War I
100 10 cm M. 16 mountain howitzer (Škoda)  Austria-Hungary World War I
100 10 cm M. 16/19 mountain howitzer (Škoda)  Czechoslovakia World War II
105 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze L/12  German Empire World War I
105 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40  Nazi Germany World War II
105 Canon Court de 105 M mle 1909 Schneider mountain gun  France World War II
105
Canon Court de 105 M mle 1919 Schneider mountain gun
 France World War II
105
Canon Court de 105 M mle 1928 Schneider mountain gun
 France World War II
105 Skoda 105 mm Model 1939  Czechoslovakia World War II
105 OTO Melara Mod 56  Italy Cold War
105 Type 99 10 cm Mountain Gun  Japan
2nd Sino-Japanese War
150 Skoda 150 mm Model 1918  Austria-Hungary
Interwar

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