- 15 cm Kanone 16
Infobox Weapon
name=15 cm Kanone 16
caption=
origin=Germany
type=heavy field gun
is_ranged=
is_bladed=
is_explosive=
is_artillery=yes
is_vehicle=
is_UK=
service=1917-1945
used_by=flag|German Empire
flag|Belgium
flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War I World War II
designer=Krupp
design_date=1917
manufacturer=Krupp
production_date=1917-1918
number=
variants=15 cm K 16 im Mrs. Laf.
weight=10,870 kg
length=6.41 m
part_length=6.02 m L/43
width=
height=
crew=
cartridge=separate-loading, cased charge
caliber=150 mm
action=
rate=3 rpm|velocity=757 m/s
range=
max_range=22,000 m
feed=
sights=
breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=
carriage=box trail
elevation=-3° to +43°
traverse=8°
blade_type=
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engine=
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speed=The 15 cm Kanone 16 (15 cm K 16) was a heavy field gun used by
Germany inWorld War I andWorld War II . Guns turned over toBelgium as reparations after World War I were taken intoWehrmacht service after the conquest of the Low Countries as the 15 cm K 429(b). It generally served on coast-defense duties during World War II.Design
The K 16 was a thoroughly conventional design for its day with a box trail, steel wheels for motor transport and a curved gunshield. The axle was suspended on a traverse leaf spring. For transport the barrel was generally detached from the recoil system and moved on its own trailer. In 1941 a small number of K 16 barrels were placed on
21 cm Mrs 18 carriages to become the 15 cm K 16 in Mrs Laf.Ammunition
It fired 2 types of convert|51.4|kg|lb high explosive shells, which differed only in which fuzes they could accept. It used a three part charge in its cartridge case. Charge 1 yielded a muzzle velocity of 555 m/s. Charge 2 replaced Charge 1 in the cartridge case and propelled the shell with a velocity of 696 m/s. Charge 3 was added to Charge 2 and raised the muzzle velocity to 757 m/s.
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-XExternal links
* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/15cm_K16_info.htm the K 16 on Landships]
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