Cannone da 100/17 Mod.1914 (100 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Lancia 3Ro (100/17)

General info

While it is a cannon from 1914, it may seem weird that it comes with HESH. In reality, it's a flawed HEAT charge that has a poor fuze that would bend & mold the soft metal without fuzing and directly detonate the explosive matter the moment it impacts the target, acting as HESH without the chemical effect.

Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Granata da 100 Mod.32	HE	27	27	27	27	27	27
Granata da 100 Mod.914	AC	26	26	24	23	22	21
Effetto Pronto da 100	HESH	75	75	75	75	75	75
Effetto Pronto mod.43	HEAT	110	110	110	110	110	110

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Granata da 100 Mod.32	HE	399	13.49	0.2	0.1	2.22	79°	80°	81°
Granata da 100 Mod.914	AC	244	16.2	1.2	19	1.55	47°	60°	65°
Effetto Pronto da 100	HESH	399	10.45	0.1	4	2.11	73°	77°	80°
Effetto Pronto mod.43	HEAT	431	12.5	0.05	0.1	1.54	62°	69°	73°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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The Mod. 1914 is a strange weapon in that it is a solidly mediocre weapon mounted on a terrible platform. The Howitzer is difficult to learn and does not lend itself to learning easily. That being said, it has the benefit of being able to one shot most vehicles at its rank. Care should be taken not to aim at gun barrels, because these will reduce the lethality of the impact of the shell unless it is open topped, in which case such an impact will not likely matter. Take care to aim your shells at locations in which the enemy crew or shells will take the most damage, resulting in a one shot kill, though sometimes hitting at those locations is not needed for this affect.

In the tank destroyer role the Mod. 1914 will usually have a slower fire rate, so care should be taken to have maxxed out the reloading and leadership skills, as well as ace status to ensure the fire rate is as high as possible. The arcing trajectory means that it is uniquely suited to go after tanks in the hull down position, and can even be used to provide indirect fire for your team, though this will require extensive practice.

In short, the Mod. 1914 is not the best weapon, but can perform if you play to its strengths and be aware of its weaknesses.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful shells that will critically damage or outright knock out tanks
• Arcing trajectory can be used to put down fire on tanks in hull down positions
• Access to a HESH shell at rank I

Cons:

• Long reload time
• Howitzer behaves differently than cannon; more difficult to learn drop
• Large size makes it easy to damage

History

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See also

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Italy tank cannons
20 mm	Breda Mod.35 · Fucile Controcarri S Mod.39
25 mm	Oerlikon KBA B02
37 mm	Vickers-Terni 37/40 mod.18
47 mm	47/32 mod.35 · 47/32 mod.39 · 47/40 mod.38
60 mm	Cannone da 60/70 · OTO HVG
75 mm	75/18 mod.34 · 75/32 mod.37 · 75/34 mod.39 · Ansaldo 75 L/34 · OTO 75/43 mod.40
90 mm	90/53 mod.41 · Cannone da 90/50 M3A1 · Cockerill Mk.3
100 mm	Cannone da 100/17 Mod.1914
105 mm	Cannone Ansaldo da 105/25 · OTO Melara 105/52 · OTO Melara 105/55
106 mm	Cannone da 106 s.r.M40A1
120 mm	OTO Breda 120/44 · OTO Melara 120/45
	Foreign:
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA)
37 mm	M6 (USA)
75 mm	KwK37 (Germany) · KwK40 L48 (Germany) · M3 (USA) · M6 (USA) · StuK40 L48 (Germany)
76 mm	M1 (USA) · QF 17-pounder (Britain)
90 mm	M3 (USA)
105 mm	L7A3 (Germany) · M68 (USA)
155 mm	M126 (USA)
	Hungary
20 mm	Solothurn QF.36M
40 mm	37/42M · MÁVAG 41.M 40/51
75 mm	41.M · 43.M
105 mm	MÁVAG 40/43M
	Foreign:
30 mm	2A72 (USSR) · MK 30-2/ABM (Germany)
88 mm	KwK36 (Germany)
120 mm	Rh120 L/44 (Germany) · Rh120 L/55 A1 (Germany)
122 mm	2A31 (USSR)
125 mm	2A46 (USSR)