7.7 cm FK 96

Infobox Weapon
name=7.7 cm Feldkanone 96


caption=A FK 96 a.A. on parade, probably before 1907.
origin=Germany
type=field gun
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is_explosive=yes
is_artillery=yes
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used_by=flag|German Empire
wars=World War I
designer=Krupp
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manufacturer=Krupp
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variants=7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
weight=convert|919|kg|lb
length=
part_length=convert|2.15|m|ft
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height=
crew=
cartridge=separate-loading, cased charge
caliber=77 mm (3 in)
action=
rate=8 rpm
velocity=465 m/s (1,525 ft/s)
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sights=
breech=horizontal sliding block
recoil=
carriage=fixed trail
elevation=
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diameter=77 mm
filling=picric acid
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The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 (7.7 cm FK 96) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It was a thoroughly conventional gun, being a modernized version of Krupp's FK 73 gun, but failed to incorporate any recoil system other than a partially effective spade brake. Thus it was rendered obsolete when the French introduced their Canon de 75 modèle 1897 the following year. Most guns were rebuilt to modern standards (only the barrel was retained) in 1904 as the 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. (neuer Art) [new model] . The remaining unmodified guns were then known as the 7.7 cm FK 16 a.A. (alte Art or old model).

References

* Jäger, Herbert. "German Artillery of World War One". Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 ISBN 1-86126-403-8
* Ortner, M. Christian. "The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics". Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 ISBN 978-3-902526-13-7

External links

* [http://www.landships.freeservers.com/new_pages/77mm_fk96_old.htm 7.7 cm FK 96 on Landships]