105mm C3 Towed Howitzer
The 105mm C3 Howitzer is a mobile, general purpose, light towed, field artillery weapon.
The Howitzer is manually elevated, single loaded, air cooled, and uses semi-fixed ammunition.
It can be employed for direct or indirect fire and can be elevated to high angles to allow it to reach targets hidden from flat trajectory guns.
The firing mechanism is a continuous pull (self cocking) type, actuated by pulling a lanyard.
The recoil mechanism is a hydro pneumatic system that absorbs the energy of recoil by forcing oil through restricted orifices and returns the Howitzer to battery by the reaction of a compressed gas.
The carriage is of the single axle type. It is equipped with a screw type traversing mechanism. The elevating mechanism is of the arc and pinion type, with a worm and a worm wheel drive.
