Canon de 65 M (montagne) modele 1906

65 mm mle 1906 in Yad Mordechai, Israel.
Type	Mountain artillery
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	Albania  France Germany  Greece  Israel  Poland  North Vietnam
Wars	World War I, World War II, Polish–Soviet War, Greco-Turkish War, First Indochina War, 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Production history
Designer	Colonel Ducrest
Manufacturer	Schneider
Specifications
Mass	400 kg (882 lbs)
Barrel length	1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) L/20.5[1]
Shell	Fixed QF 65 × 167 mm R[2]
Shell weight	4.4 kg (10 lbs)
Caliber	65 mm (2.5 in)
Breech	Nordenfelt eccentric screw
Recoil	Hydro-spring
Carriage	Box trail
Elevation	−9° to +35°
Traverse	6°[1]
Rate of fire	18 rpm
Muzzle velocity	330 m/s (1,082 ft/s)
Effective firing range	6.5 km (4 mi)[1]

The Canon de 65 M modele 1906 where M stands for "montagne", or briefly 65 mm Mle 1906 where "mle" stands for "modèle", was a French mountain gun which entered service with the régiments d'artillerie de montagne in 1906 and was one of the first soft-recoil guns in service. The carriage of the Mle 1906 was hinged and could be broken down into four mule loads for transport. By 1939, the weapon was generally used as an infantry support gun. After 1940, the Germans used the guns as the 6,5 cm GebK 221(f).^[1] The gun was also used by Israel in 1948 Arab–Israeli War as Napoleonchik, and by Albania, Poland and Greece.