This article is about modern siege artillery. For medieval siege guns, see
Bombard (weapon) .
Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons ) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They are distinct from field artillery and are a class of siege weapon capable of firing heavy cannonballs or shells that required enormous transport and logistical support to operate. They lacked mobility and thus were rarely useful in more mobile warfare situations, generally having been superseded by heavy howitzers (towed and self-propelled artillery ), strategic bomber aircraft, surface-to-surface missiles , ballistic missiles , cruise missiles and multiple rocket launchers in modern warfare.
Muzzle-loading artillery [ edit ]
Breech-loading artillery [ edit ]
Caliber (mm)
Weapon name
Country of origin
Design
88
9 cm Kanone C/79
German Empire
1879– World War I
107
42-line siege gun M1877
Russian Empire
Russo-Japanese War
120
12-cm Kanone M 80
Austria-Hungary
World War I
120
Canon de 120 mm modèle 1878
France
World War I, World War II
120
12 cm Kanone C/80
German Empire
World War I
120
Obusier de 120 mm modèle 1890
France
World War I
149.1
15 cm Kanone M 80
Austria-Hungary
World War I
149.1
15 cm Ring Kanone C/72
German Empire
World War I
149.1
15 cm Ring Kanone C/92
German Empire
World War I
149.1
15 cm Ring Kanone L/30
German Empire
World War I
149.1
Type 96 15 cm cannon
Japan
World War II
149.7
15 cm Mörser M1881
German Empire
World War I
150
Obusier de 15 cm TR Schneider-Canet-du-Bocage
Portugal / France
World War I
152.4
6 inch siege gun M1877
Russian Empire
World War I
152.5
BLC 6 inch siege gun
United Kingdom
1902–1915
152.4
6 inch siege gun M1904
Russian Empire
World War I
152.4
152 mm siege gun M1910
Russian Empire
World War I
152.4
Cannone da 152/45
Kingdom of Italy
World War I, World War II
155
De Bange 155 mm cannon
France
World War I
155
Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881
France
World War I
155
Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1890
France
World War I
180
18 cm kurze Kanone M 80
Austria-Hungary
World War I
203
8-inch mortar M1877
Russian Empire
World War I
209
21 cm Mörser M1880
German Empire
World War I
209
21 cm Haubitze M1891
German Empire
World War I
210
210 mm M1894
Belgium
World War I
210
210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17)
Soviet Union
World War II
210
Mortaio da 210/8 D.S.
Kingdom of Italy
World War I, World War II
210
Mortaio da 210/9 modello 1914
Kingdom of Italy
World War I
210
Paris Gun
German Empire
World War I
220
Mortier de 220 mm modèle 1880
France
World War I
220
Skoda 220 mm howitzer
Czechoslovakia
World War II
229
9-inch mortar M1877
Russian Empire
World War I
233
BL 9.2 inch Howitzer
United Kingdom
World War I
240
24 cm Mörser M 98
Austria-Hungary
pre-World War I
240
24 cm Haubitze 39
Czechoslovakia
World War II
240
Canon de 24 C modèle 1876
France
World War I
240
Canon de 240 L Mle 1884
France
World War I, World War II
240
Canon de 240 TR Mle 1903
France
World War I, World War II
240
24 cm Kanone M. 16
Austria-Hungary
World War I, World War II
240
24 cm Kanone 3
Nazi Germany
World War II
240
Type 45 240 mm howitzer
Japan
World War II
240
Type 96 24 cm howitzer
Japan
World War II
260
Mortaio da 260/9 Modello 16
Kingdom of Italy
World War I, World War II
270
Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1885
France
World War I
270
Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1889
France
World War I, World War II
280
Obice da 280
Kingdom of Italy
World War I, World War II
280
Mortier 280 mm TR de Schneider sur affût-chenilles St Chamond
France
World War II
280
28 cm howitzer L/10
Japan
Russo-Japanese War / World War I, World War II
280
11-inch mortar M1877
Russian Empire
World War I
280
11-inch gun M1877
Russian Empire
World War I
283
28 cm Haubitze L/12
German Empire
World War I, World War II
283
28 cm Haubitze L/14 i.R.
German Empire
World War I
293
Mortier de 293 Danois sur affut-truck modèle 1914
France
World War I, World War II
305
BL 12 inch Howitzer
United Kingdom
World War I
305
Type 7 30 cm Howitzer
Japan
World War II
305
Obice da 305/17
Kingdom of Italy
World War I
305
305 mm howitzer M1915
Russian Empire
World War I
305
305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18)
Soviet Union
World War II
305
30.5 cm M. 11 (Škoda)
Austria-Hungary
World War I
305
30.5 cm M. 16 (Škoda)
Austria-Hungary
World War I, World War II
355
35.5 cm Haubitze M1
Nazi Germany
World War II
370
Mortier de 370 modèle 1914 Filloux
France
World War I, World War II
380
38 cm Belagerungshaubitze M 16
Austria-Hungary
World War I
381
BL 15 inch Howitzer
United Kingdom
World War I
420
42 cm Gamma Mörser
German Empire
World War I, World War II
420
Big Bertha
German Empire
World War I
420
42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16
Austria-Hungary
World War I, World War II
540
Karl-Gerät 041
Nazi Germany
World War II
600
Karl-Gerät 040
Nazi Germany
World War II
800
Schwerer Gustav
Nazi Germany
World War II
See also [ edit ]
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