7.5 cm FK 16 nA

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name=7.5 cm Feldkanone 16 neuer Art


caption=A FK 16nA at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
origin=Germany
type=field gun
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service=1939-1945
used_by=flag|Nazi Germany
wars=World War II
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manufacturer=Rheinmetall
production_date=1930s
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weight=1,524 kg (3,360 lbs)
length=2.7 m (9 ft)
part_length=2.036 m (6.67 ft) L/36
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caliber=75 mm (2.95 in)
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velocity=662 m/s (2,172 ft/s)
range= 12,300 m (13,450 yds)
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breech=horizontal sliding block
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carriage=box trail
elevation=-9° to +44°
traverse=4°
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speed=The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art (7.5 cm FK 16 nA) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber.

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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-X