Tiny Artillery Gun That Fought in WW1: Infanteriegeschütz m.15 with expert Jonathan Ferguson

This week Jonathan takes a look at one of the smallest artillery pieces in the Royal Armouries collection: the Austro-Hungarian 3.7cm M15 Mountain Gun.

Designed by Škoda during the First World War, this remarkably compact artillery piece was intended for mountain warfare but quickly found a role in the trenches.

00:00 Intro
01:05 What Is the M15 Mountain Gun?
02:12 The Smallest Artillery Piece of WW1?
04:16 Designed for Mountains and Trenches
05:24 Development and Production
06:56 The Missing Periscope Sight
07:41 Opening the Breech
08:45 How the Gun Fires
09:32 Direct Fire vs Indirect Fire
10:47 Reconfiguring the Mount
12:41 Wheels, Transport and Crew
14:53 Missing Shield and Support Struts
16:57 Adjustable Legs and Mountain Use
19:19 Quick-Release Gun Mount
21:20 Range, Weight and Performance
23:31 A Machine Gun Sized Artillery Piece
25:45 Paint, Preservation and Markings
27:05 The Gun's Battlefield Role
28:18 The Ancestor of the Grenade Launcher?
29:11 Final Thoughts & Outro