21 cm cannon 38
| 21 cm cannon 38 | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 21 cm cannon 38 |
| Manufacturer country: | German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Croup |
| Development year: | 1938 to 1940 |
| Production time: | 1940 to 1943 |
| Number of pieces: | 7th |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 11.075 m |
| Caliber : |
21.09 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 55.5 |
| Cadence : | 1 shot / min |
| Elevation range: | 0 to +50 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | Carriage 18 °, base plate 360 ° |
The 21 cm cannon 38 was a heavy artillery piece of the Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
The K 38 was developed by Krupp in Essen and produced from 1940. The Heereswaffenamt had ordered 15 cannons, but only seven of them were finished by the time production was discontinued in 1943. One gun was delivered to Japan , its then ally .
The gun, which weighed 34,825 kilograms, was fully usable in the field and was transported in two loads (tubular carriage and carriage carriage). The service life of a tube that shot 120 kilograms projectiles up to 33,900 meters was approximately 2000 rounds.
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Arms. 1939-1945. Special edition, 2nd edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
- Joachim Engelmann: The book of the artillery. 1939–1945 (= Dörfler Zeitgeschichte ). Edition Dörfler in Nebel-Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-89555-179-1 .
- FM von Senger and Etterlin: The German Guns 1939-1945 , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, ISBN 3-7637-5989-1 .