The 3.7cm Infanteriegeschütz M.15 is an Austro-Hungarian infantry support gun designed and produced by Skoda Works. It is designed to provide infantry with portable firepower and is adjusted to the realities of trench warfare, being equipped with a periscope that allows the crew to target enemy positions without exposing themselves. This design element was extremely important as the M.15 was envisioned to destroy machinegun bunkers and other hardened positions. It fires fixed, quick-firing 37x57mmR shells which were originally limited to shrapnel, tracer and high-explosive variants, but with the M.15s introduction to tank warfare, armour-piercing shot was eventually introduced.
Skoda 3.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz M.15
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Common Attributes - National
Storm of Steel - Generic Artillery (WW1)
Most artillery in the years leading up to the Great War was fairly similar, and in some cases, produced by the same manufacturer on both sides. At the war's outbreak, it was quickly found that existing artillery doctrine was severely outdated, and new methods had to be developed. In the meantime, most artillery fire devolved into slugfests where both sides would dump millions of shells into enemy lines and hope for the best. Many infantrymen would go mad from the constant bombardment.
EFFECT:
Every creature or vehicle this cannon targets suffers from a -1 DET debuff for the remainder of the Round.
This debuff is stackable.