10 cm K 14

Infobox Weapon
name=10 cm Kanone 14


caption=A K 14 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
origin=Germany
type=field gun
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service=1915-1918
used_by=flag|German Empire
flag|Bulgaria
wars=World War I
designer=Krupp
design_date=1912-14
manufacturer=Krupp
production_date=1915-18
number=724
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weight=2,820 kg (6,217 lbs)
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part_length=4.725 m (15.5 ft) (L/35)
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cartridge=separate-loading, cased charge
caliber=105 mm (4.13 in)
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range=12,085 m (13,092 yards)
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breech=semi-automatic horizontal sliding wedge
recoil=hydro-spring variable recoil
carriage=box trail
elevation=-5° to +45°
traverse=6°
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The 10 cm Kanone 14 (10 cm K 14) was a field gun used by Germany and Bulgaria in World War I. It was intended to replace the 10 cm K 04. In many ways it was a heavily modified K 04 intended to be able to engage aircraft. It was mounted on a firing platform to give it fast 360° traverse. Its elevation was increased 15° over the older gun and it was given a heavy and complicated variable recoil system to minimize problems when firing at high angles. A double elevation sighting system was fitted to increase accuracy against aerial targets. Despite these modifications it proved to be a complete failure as an anti-aircraft gun, but was placed into production upon the outbreak of World War I and the first guns were delivered by May 1915.

It could be transported in one load by a team of six horses, with the baseplate stowed over the trails. Two batteries worth were modified to be broken down for use in mountainous terrain.

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External Links

* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/10cm_kanone14-17_info.htm 10 cm K 14 on Landships]
* [http://www.lovettartillery.com/Development%20of%20the%2010cm%20Kanone.html Development of the 10 cm Kanone on Lovett Artillery Collection]