The 21 cm Kanone 39 (K 39) was a Czech-designed heavy gun used by the Germans in the Second World War. Two were built before the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia...
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The 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette (English: 17 cm Cannon 18 on Mortar Carriage), abbreviated as 17 cm K 18 in MrsLaf was a German heavy gun used during...
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The 24-cm-Kanone 3 (24 cm K 3) was a German heavy siege gun used in the Second World War by the first battalion of Artillerie-Regiment 84. Four were in...
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24 cm Haubitze 39 24 cm Kanone 3 24 cm Kanone 4 [de] (prototype only) 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) (railroad gun) 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E) 24 cm Kanone...
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coastal fortifications. The main armament were three Czechoslovakian 21 cm Kanone 39 canons, two of which housed in heavily fortified casemates up to 10...
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occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939. It was a stablemate of the Škoda 21 cm Kanone 39 and used virtually the same mounting and transport arrangements. It...
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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 21 cm Kanone 12 in Eisenbahnlafette (21 cm K 12 (E)) was a large German railroad gun used in the Second World War and deployed to fire on England from...
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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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high-explosive shell. The 210 mm shell fired by the World War 2-era 21 cm Kanone 39 weighed 135 kg (298 lb) and contained 18.8 kg (41 lb) of explosives...
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https://elbitsystems.com/media/ATHOS_3_Web.pdf [bare URL PDF] Vacant (2016-12-05). "1877 CANON 15 CM FRETTÉ KRUPP". ASMEM (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-31....
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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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Skoda 105 mm Model 1939 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 Skoda K series Skoda Model 1928 Gun 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 21 cm Kanone 39 210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) Skoda...
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The 15 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/35, known as 15 cm Kanone L/35 was a 15 cm 35 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was very similar to the related...
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The 28 cm RK L/22 was a 28 cm caliber Krupp Ring Kanone (built-up gun) used for coastal defence. It was a rifled breech loader with a Krupp cylindroprismatic...
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Škoda 14 cm/56 Škoda 15 cm K10 Škoda 149 mm K-series Škoda 149 mm K1 / Model 1933 Škoda 149 mm K4 / Model 1937 Škoda 19 cm vz. 1904 21 cm Kanone 39 210 mm...
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"lange 21 cm Ringrohre", the complete gun became the "lange 21 cm Ring Kanone". In 1885, the lange 21 cm Ring Kanone was renamed to 21 cm Ring Kanone L/22...
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Uprising in 1944. The Haubitze M1 was best described as an enlarged 24 cm Kanone 3. It used many of the same design principles as the smaller weapon including...
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Reichs-Marine-Amt, ed. (1909). Bedienungsvorschrift für die 15 cm Schnellade-Kanone L/40 in 15 cm Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/97 in Einzelkasematte. Berlin: E. S...
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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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The 30.5 cm Ring Kanone L/22 was a 30.5 cm 22 caliber long Krupp Ring Kanone. It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic...
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probability, this gun was already a Mantel Ring Kanone, i.e. hooped and jacketed instead of only hooped like a Ring Kanone (RK). Even the prototype of this gun was...
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by the Wehrmacht as the schwere 10.5 cm Kanone 335(h). Four were bought by the Swedish Coastal Artillery as 10.5 cm kanon m/27s. They were later upgraded...
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Arco Pub. Co. p. 13. ISBN 0668036079. OCLC 1299755. "PaK 38 (PanzerAbwehrKanone 38)". Military Factory. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2024. Rottman...
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After his service with 15 cm artillery batteries in Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment, he served with 21 cm Kanone 39 artillery batteries in Älvsborg...
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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 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E - Eisenbahnlafette (railroad mounting)) was a German railroad gun used during World War II in the Battle of France and...
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A letter indicating the national origin of the weapon. As an example, "9 cm Flak M12 (t)" is a Czechoslovakian 90mm anti-aircraft gun Model 12. **Converted...
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15 cm MRK L/28 was tested in Meppen. On 7 August 1879, the 24 cm MRK L/25.5 was tested in Meppen. The name of the gun was then: 'Lange 24 cm Kanone Nr...
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shortages, older guns were initially used, the 7.5 cm Pak 39 L/43 for pre-production, and the 7.5 cm Pak 39 L/48 for the initial production variant. These...
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