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Howitzer Place of origin Italy Service history In service
1935?-1945? Used by  Italy Wars World War II Production history
Designer Sergio Belese Manufacturer Ansaldo Weight 1,832
kilograms (4,039 lb) (travelling) 1,050 kilograms (2,310 lb)
(action) Length 1.557 metres (61.3 in)  Shell 6.4 kilograms
(14 lb) Caliber 75 mm (2.95 in) Carriage box trail (modello 34)
split trail (modello 35) Elevation -10° to +45° Traverse 50°
Muzzle velocity 425 m/s (1,395 ft/s) Maximum firing range 9,564
metres (10,459 yd) Obice de 75/18 modello 34 next to the Battle
of Crete Monument in Heraklion (Crete) Obice de 75/18 modello 35
on display at the Musée des Blindés in Saumur  The Obice da
75/18 modello 34 was an Italian artillery piece used during
World War II.   Much of Italy is mountainous, so the Italian
army has always had an interest in mountain artillery. In the
1930s much of Italy's mountain artiller