The 15 cm Kanone 16 (15 cm K 16) was a heavy field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after...
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The 15 cm Kanone 18 (15 cm K 18) was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War. In 1933 Rheinmetall began development of a new artillery piece to...
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The 9 cm Kanone C/73 was a field gun developed after the Franco-Prussian War and used by Germany before and during World War I. After the Franco-Prussian...
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cm SK C/34 naval gun (coastal defense) 15 cm K (E) (coastal defense, railroad gun) 17 cm K (E) (railroad gun) 15 cm Kanone 16 (coastal defense) 15 cm...
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The 15 cm Ring Kanone L/26 or Lange 15 cm Ring Kanone was a 15 cm 26 caliber long Krupp Ring Kanone (RK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with...
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The 9 cm Kanone C/79 was a fortress and siege gun developed after the Franco-Prussian War and used by Germany before and during World War I. After the...
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leFH 16 (light field howitzer) 12 cm Kanone C/80 13.5 cm K 09 15 cm Kanone 16 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. (field gun) 15 cm Ring Kanone C/72 15 cm Ring...
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The 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 13 or 7.5 cm GebK 13 was a mountain gun used by Germany and the Ottoman Empire during World War I. During the late 1800s, Krupp...
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home front during World War I BL 6 inch Gun Mk XIX British equivalent 15 cm Kanone 16 German equivalent American guns in the war with Germany. E.P. Dutton...
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The 10 cm Kanone 17 (10 cm K 17) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II. The range of the 10 cm K 14 was deemed insufficient...
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as kurze Ring Kanone, and later as 21 cm Ring Kanone L/19. In 1858, Prussia decided to use rifled breechloading guns of 9, 12 and 15 cm caliber for the...
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firing platform. This carriage was also used for the 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette and the 15 cm Schnelladekanone C/28 in Mörserlafette. The Mrs 18 was...
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cm Ring Kanone (17 cm RK light). As this was already in use for the 17 cm of 5,000 kg, the 5,000 kg pieces were rebranded as kurze 17 cm Ring Kanone mit...
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gun 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze 10.5 cm leFH 16 15 cm Kanone 16 15 cm sFH 13 Paris Gun 21 cm Mörser 16 Big Bertha (howitzer) 42 cm Gamma Mörser 38 cm Belagerungshaubitze...
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The 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzlafette (7.7 cm gun on howitzer carriage) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It consisted of the barrel of the...
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a prime mover for heavy towed guns such as the 21 cm Mörser 18, the 17 cm Kanone 18 and the 10.5 cm FlaK 38. However, it was also capable of serving as...
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The 30.5 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/25 was a 30.5 cm 25 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone. It was a further development of the earlier 30.5 cm MRK L/22...
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development of a tank gun based upon it: the 8.8 cm KwK 36, with the "KwK" abbreviation standing for Kampfwagen-Kanone (literally "battle vehicle cannon", or "fighting...
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The 15 cm SchiffsKanone C/28 in Mörserlafette (SK C/28 in Mrs Laf) was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War. Production of carriages for the...
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The 24 cm K L/20 was a 24 cm caliber Krupp gun which was the first heavy Ring Kanone or built-up gun used by Germany. It was a rifled breech loader with...
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The 35.5 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/25 was a 35.5 cm 25 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp...
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entered service in 1940. Production of carriages for the 21 cm Mörser 18 and the 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette exceeded the available number of barrels...
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The 35.5 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/22.5 was a 35.5 cm 22.5 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with...
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Copacabana. List of field guns Canon de 155 mm GPF French equivalent 15 cm Kanone 16 German equivalent I.e. Mark 19 : Britain at the time designated Marks...
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compared to contemporary WW2 German or French designs – respectively the 3.7 cm Pak 36 and 25mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun. In medium-range armor penetration...
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numbers of new field guns such as the 7.7 cm FK 16 were being produced obsolete types such as the 9 cm Kanone C/73 and captured guns such as the M1897...
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The 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette (10.5 cm gun on armoured self-propelled mount), also known as the Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. A (Pz.Sfl...
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pushrod. The eight later weapons used the same carriage as the 24 cm Kanone M. 16; it had trunnion mounts for both types and the gun used the forward...
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lots of nine on 15 and 22 February 1935. The second batch of 24 units was ordered on 16 April 1935 and they were delivered between 15 November – 28 December...
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United Kingdom American Civil War 75 8 cm Kanone C/80 German Empire Balkan Wars, World War I 75 Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 German Empire Balkan Wars, World...
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