Ref.: IBGM-35028
Obice da 100/17 Mod. 16 This gun was started life in the Austro-Hungarian army of World War One; the Italians gained a great many of these howitzers in 1918 with the break-up of the Habsburg Empire. With the out break of war in 1940 the Italian still had huge numbers of the Obice da 100/17 modello 16 in service and were producing their own spare parts and ammunition for the weapons.