Model 1877 cannon

The Model 1877 cannon was the Brunanter variant of the French De Bange 90 mm cannon. The Mod. 1877 was used by the Royal Guard as the main medium field artillery from the late 1870s through World War I. The gun also saw use with the Royal Navy.

Usage
The original Mod. 1877 was used by all artillery units, replacing older guns entirely by 1890. An excess of shells for the gun delayed its replacement, and eventually many of these were sent to France in 1915.

Alpine units became the primary users of the gun from around 1914, to be used in a final defense in case of an invasion of Brunant.

A fixed naval variant was done with a conversion of many of the earliest guns, used on Count of Biancator, King Cristian and Marshal von Reiber from 1891.