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Mountain guns areartillery pieces designed formountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called "pack guns" or "pack howitzers". During theAmerican Civil War these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers".[1]
The first designs of modernbreechloading mountain guns with recoil control and the capacity to be easily broken down and reassembled into highly efficient units were made by Greek army engineers P. Lykoudis andPanagiotis Danglis (after whom theSchneider-Danglis gun was named) in the 1890s.
Mountain guns are similar toinfantry support guns. They are largely outdated, their role being filled byhowitzers,mortars,multiple rocket launchers,recoilless rifles, andmissiles. Most modern artillery is manufactured from light-weight materials and can be transported fully assembled by helicopters.
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