Finnish literature names 81 Krh/26 (81-mm mortar model 1926) as Brandt mortar model of 1924 - 1925.YAN wrote:Jarkko, would the stata for the 81 Kfh/26 be the same as the Brandt, Yan.
According Finnish military manual published in 1920's the stats for 81 Krh/26:
- Total weight: 55.5 kg
- Weight of barrel + bottom piece: 21 kg
- Weight of bipod + elevation & traverse mechanism: 16 kg
- Weight of base-plate: 18.5 kg
- Barrel length: 120 cm
- Elevation: + 45 degrees - + 75 degrees
- Lateral alignment division of mortar sight 5400
- Maximum range: 2.6 kilometers (? - suggested by another source)
- Mortar shell:
--- Length: 10.15 cm
--- Weight: 3.2 kg
--- 8 stabiliser wings
--- Filling: 600 grams of TNT
--- Fuse: French S.R.
--- Basic propellant charge 8 grams of nitroglyserin gunpowder packed to 12-gauge shotgun shell. Additional propellant charges contain 5.5 grams of nitroglyserin gunpowder packed to special gelatin (sicoid) capsules. Maximum number of additional propellant charges used was four.
BTW: Krh = abbreviation of Finnish term "kranaatinheitin", literally translated "grenade thrower". I assume the term may have been translated either from German "granatwerfer" of Swedish "granatkastare".
Jarkko