The Škoda 100 mm Model 1916 (100 mm M.16) was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I, developed from the 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze. The Turks used a 105 mm variant, the M.16(T). The Wehrmacht redesignated this as the 10 cm GebH 16 or 16(ö). Guns acquired from Italy, after 1943, were known as 10 cm GebH 316(i); those acquired from Czechoslovakia were 10 cm GebH 16(t). The Italians referred to weapons gained either through capture or reparations as the Obice da 100/17 modello 16. The gun could be broken into three sections, intended for towing by two animal carts. The gun crew was protected by a gun shield. The Italians used lighter shells than the Czechs, which accounts for the greater range and muzzle velocity of their guns.
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File:100 mm Skoda Gebirgshaubitze M16 - Monte Piana.jpg|Škoda M.16 howitzer on Monte Piana.
File:Soldaten bij kanon (2949414006).jpg|Italian soldiers using Škoda M.16 howitzer in the Balkans, 1941.
File:Pozycje dywizji strzelców górskich SS w Dalmacji (2-520).jpg|Weapons in use with an SS Mountain Rifle Division in Dalmatia.
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References
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- Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979