Top 10 Articles

LS-Studio
GayRomeo
Justus_Dahinden
Mercedes Benz OM601
Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı
Radically 25
Ral color system
RTLnow.de
New concept
Electromagnetic compatibility

News:

7.5 cm FK 16 nA

7.5 cm Feldkanone 16 neuer Art

A FK 16nA at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
Type field gun
Place of origin Germany
Service history
In service 1939-1945
Used by  Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Production history
Manufacturer Rheinmetall
Produced 1930s
Specifications
Weight 1,524 kg
Length 2.7 m
Barrel length 2.036 m L/36

Caliber 75 mm
Breech horizontal sliding block
Carriage box trail
Elevation -9° to +44°
Traverse
Muzzle velocity 662 m/s
Effective range 12,300 m (13,450 yds)

The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art (7.5 cm FK 16 nA) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

References

  • Englemann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliderung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
  • Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
  • Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X
German artillery of World War II
The original article is from Wikipedia. To view the original article please click here.
Creative Commons Licence