24 cm cannon 3
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 24 cm cannon 3 |
| Manufacturer country: | German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Rheinmetall / Krupp |
| Development year: | 1935-1937 |
| Production time: | 1938 to 1944 |
| Number of pieces: | approx. 10 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 12,480 m |
| Caliber : |
23.8 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 54.6 |
| Cadence : | 0.25 rounds / min |
| Elevation range: | −1 ° to +56 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | Turntable 360 °, carriage 6 ° |
The 24 cm cannon 3 ( K 3 for short ) was a field cannon of the Wehrmacht during World War II .
history
The K 3 was developed by Rheinmetall in Düsseldorf between 1935 and 1937 and built by Krupp in Essen from 1938 . It had a double return and cost 500,000 RM .
About ten guns were built, all of which were used by the I / Artillery Regiment 84 with two guns each in the three batteries .
The gun was driven in the motorized train in six loads to a total of 84,636 kilograms. It took 25 gunners about 90 minutes to get the K 3 ready to fire. The lifespan of a tube that fired 152.3 kilograms of bullet was approximately 500 rounds.
One copy is exhibited in the Defense Technical Study Collection in Koblenz .
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 . 2nd Edition. Special edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
Web links
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