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- Secret_howitzer weight "491.0".
- Secret_howitzer abstract "The 95 mm howitzer M1753, called secret howitzer or Shuvalov's secret howitzer, was an 18th century Russian cannon, a type of muzzle-loading howitzer, devised and introduced into service by artillery commander, General Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov.Shuvalov's gun had an unusual, oval bore, which was designed to facilitate shot dispersal while firing canisters and therefore to increase the killing field. A special canister round produced for the cannon contained 168 balls; a grapeshot version, with 48 larger balls, was also provided for shooting at 300-600 yards distance.The name of the gun comes from the great secrecy which surrounded it. While not in use, the muzzle was covered with a lid to hide its unusual shape. The death penalty was set as the punishment for revealing the secret of the weapon.The first guns built used quoins for changing the elevation, but in 1753-58 turnscrews were introduced. Originally they had cylindrical powder chambers like howitzers, but guns produced after 1758 had conical chambers like licornes. The guns proved quite effective in action during Seven Years' War, especially at Gross-Jägersdorf, but some were lost to Prussians at Zorndorf (thus revealing their secret).In practice the shot dispersal was hardly better than of ordinary guns, reloading was slower, and the inability of the cannon to fire any other projectiles hampered its effectiveness. Slow reloading was the reason given for the loss of 17 of these guns at Zorndorf, where they were overrun by cavalry before they could fire a second shot. There were some shot and shells produced for it, looking like rugby ball, but they found no practical use. Adding yet another type of ammunition created an additional burden for logistics.Originally used by the Observation Corps and howitzer units, in 1759 they were attached to the infantry regiments, however, next year the decision was reversed. Secret howitzers were withdrawn from service soon after the death of their inventor, in the 1780s.".
- Secret_howitzer origin Russian_Empire.
- Secret_howitzer thumbnail Полевая_секретная_гаубица_образца_1753_системы_П._И._Шувалова.jpg?width=300.
- Secret_howitzer type Howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer usedInWar Seven_Years_War.
- Secret_howitzer weight "491000.0".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageID "31350249".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageLength "4148".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageOutDegree "25".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageRevisionID "663726783".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Gross-Jägersdorf.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Zorndorf.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Canister_shot.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Cannon.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Cannon_operation.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Capital_punishment.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cannon.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Howitzers_of_Russia.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Death_penalty.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Grapeshot.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Killing_field.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Licorne.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Muzzleloader.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Ivanovich_Shuvalov.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Quoin_(gunnery).
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Round_shot.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_ball.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Russian_Empire.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Seven_Years_War.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Shell_(projectile).
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink Turnscrew.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLink File:Полевая_секретная_гаубица_образца_1753_системы_П._И._Шувалова.jpg.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Secret howitzer".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageWikiLinkText "secret howitzer".
- Secret_howitzer action "muzzle-loader".
- Secret_howitzer barrels "1620.0".
- Secret_howitzer breech "conical".
- Secret_howitzer caliber "95".
- Secret_howitzer caption "Shuvalov's secret howitzer".
- Secret_howitzer carriage "horse".
- Secret_howitzer designDate "1753".
- Secret_howitzer designer Peter_Ivanovich_Shuvalov.
- Secret_howitzer hasPhotoCollection Secret_howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer isArtillery "yes".
- Secret_howitzer isRanged "yes".
- Secret_howitzer name "95".
- Secret_howitzer number "ca. 200".
- Secret_howitzer type Howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer wars Seven_Years_War.
- Secret_howitzer weight "491.0".
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_Weapon.
- Secret_howitzer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Secret_howitzer subject Category:Cannon.
- Secret_howitzer subject Category:Howitzers_of_Russia.
- Secret_howitzer hypernym Cannon.
- Secret_howitzer type Device.
- Secret_howitzer type Weapon.
- Secret_howitzer type Howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer type Product.
- Secret_howitzer type Thing.
- Secret_howitzer type Q728.
- Secret_howitzer comment "The 95 mm howitzer M1753, called secret howitzer or Shuvalov's secret howitzer, was an 18th century Russian cannon, a type of muzzle-loading howitzer, devised and introduced into service by artillery commander, General Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov.Shuvalov's gun had an unusual, oval bore, which was designed to facilitate shot dispersal while firing canisters and therefore to increase the killing field.".
- Secret_howitzer label "Secret howitzer".
- Secret_howitzer sameAs Slaptoji_haubica.
- Secret_howitzer sameAs Sekretna_haubica_Szuwałowa.
- Secret_howitzer sameAs m.0gk_bct.
- Secret_howitzer sameAs Q5735288.
- Secret_howitzer sameAs Q5735288.
- Secret_howitzer wasDerivedFrom Secret_howitzer?oldid=663726783.
- Secret_howitzer depiction Полевая_секретная_гаубица_образца_1753_системы_П._И._Шувалова.jpg.
- Secret_howitzer isPrimaryTopicOf Secret_howitzer.
- Secret_howitzer name "95 mm howitzer M1753".