The 24 cm Kanone M. 16 was a super-heavy siege gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I and by Nazi Germany during World War II. Only two were finished...
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carriage which was modified to have two pairs of trunnions, allowing the 24 cm Kanone M. 16 to also be used. A 52 cubic meter pit had to be excavated to hold...
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Yugoslavia 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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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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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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for a speed of 464 m/s. In 1885, this gun was renamed from 'lange 17 Ring-Kanone' to '17 cm Ring-Kanone L/25' and abbreviated 17 cm RK L/25. In late 1871...
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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 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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The 15 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/30, known as 15 cm Kanone L/30 was a 15 cm 30 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was a rifled breech loader...
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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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The 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E – Eisenbahnlafette (railroad mounting)) was a German railroad gun used during World War II in the Battle of France and on coast-defense...
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cm Autokanone M. 15/16 152.4 mm 1916 Field 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 210 mm 1916 Siege 24 cm Kanone M. 16 240 mm 1916 Siege 35 cm Marinekanone L/45 M. 16...
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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 24 cm RK L/22 was a 24 cm caliber Krupp Ring Kanone (built-up gun) used for coastal defence. It was developed from the earlier rifled breech loader...
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StuG III AFVs. About twenty were built in the early months of 1943. 12,2-cm Kanone (r) auf Geschützwagen Lorraine-Shlepper (f), the German self-propelled...
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The 10.5 cm Festungs und Belagerungs Kanone C/85 was a fortress and siege gun produced in Germany and used by Romania during the Second Balkan War and...
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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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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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France World War I, World War II 240 24 cm Kanone M. 16 Austria-Hungary World War I, World War II 240 24 cm Kanone 3 Nazi Germany World War II 240 Type...
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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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7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette (field gun on howitzer carriage) 8 cm Kanone C/73 8 cm Kanone C/80 8.8 cm Flak 16 (anti-aircraft gun) 9 cm Kanone C/73...
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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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The 40 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/25, was a 40 cm 25 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was a high caliber, but in restrospect comparatively...
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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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24 cm L/22 could be used with a charge of 38 kg of gunpowder. In 1875, Krupp started to build Mantel Ring Kanonen (MRK), which were like Ring Kanone (RK)...
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MRK L/25.5 was tested in Meppen. The name of the gun was then: 'Lange 24 cm Kanone Nr. 77. During the tests in Meppen, the length of the 'Anfänglicher Verbrennungsraum'...
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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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238 mm field gun 24 cm Kanone M. 16 Austria-Hungary 240 mm field gun 24 cm Mörser M 98 Austria-Hungary 240 mm siege mortar 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer...
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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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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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