Hungarian 100mm

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The Hungarian 100mm Artillery is a piece of artillery available for Hungary in Flames of War. Our best guess is that the designers intend for it to be represented by a cannon known as the 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze, or the 14/AM Tábori Tarack.

IRL[edit]

After the First World War and the overall collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, the two nations separated, and as part of the peace that followed most of Hungary and Austria was liquidated of their weapons, including what would later be known in the Hungarian Army as the Tarack. The Tarack was used by many Central European powers, and was manufactured by Skoda until Czechoslovakia was occupied in the 30s.

The Tarack was in a unique place as being a light but effective weapon, and though when it was first introduced it needed to have its bronze replaced with steel, overall it performed well and was very accepting of modernization kits. It was used extensively by Axis powers as both a field gun and as a mountain gun, the latter due to the lighter relative weight giving it the ability to be manhandled uphill.

Probably the most interesting use of the gun stems from the Italians, who mounted them on trucks and used them as anti-tank weapons and mobile howitzers. The Italians seemed to like them well enough to not bother replacing them until the 1970s.

The Tarack also has a unique position as having a litany of different specifications depending on which nation was using it, so much so that the wikipedia page in which some of this information has been sourced makes a big note of it.

Hungarian Forces in Flames of War
Tanks: Toldi II - Panzer 38(t) - Turan - Panther
Infantry: Hungarian Rifle Platoon - Hungarian Mortar Platoon - 7/M31 MG Platoon
Artillery: Nebelwerfer - Hungarian 105mm - Hungarian 100mm
Tank Destroyer: Zrinyi Assault Gun - Stug III - Hetzer
Recon: Csaba Armored Car
Aircraft:
Anti-Aircraft: Nimrod SPAA