10 cm schwere Kanone 18

10 cm schwere Kanone 18 File:National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria, Sofia 2012 PD 124.jpg 300 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 at the National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria, Sofia. Germany Field gun yes Nazi Germany Albania Bulgaria World War II 1934–1944 1,433 5,642 kg (12,438 lbs) 5.46 m (18 ft) L/52 separate-loading, cased charge (3 charges) 15.14 kg lb onLight and medium field artillery Chamberlain Peter 1975 Arco Gander, Terry 30 0668038209 New York 2067331 105 mm (4.13 in) 6 rpm 835 m/s (2,739 ft/s) 19 km mi on horizontal sliding-block Split trail 0° to +48° 64° The 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (10 cm sK 18) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. The German army wanted a new 10.5 cm gun as well as 15 cm howitzer, which were to share the same carriage. Guns are heavier than howitzers due to the longer barrel. This also led to the 15 cm sFH 18. As such, both weapons had a similar weight and could be carried by a similar carriage. By 1926, Krupp and Rheinmetall had specimen designs, and prototypes were ready by 1930, but was not fielded until 1933–34. Both Krupp and Rheinmetall competed for the development contract, but the Wehrmacht compromised and selected Krupp's carriage to be mated with Rheinmetall's gun. It sometimes equipped the medium artillery battalion (with the 15 cm sFH 18) of German divisions, but generally was used by independent artillery battalions and on coast defense duties. Some were used as anti-tank guns during the early stages of war on the Eastern Front, as well as on the prototype self propelled gun "Dicker Max". Around 1,500 guns were produced until 1945. After the war, it served with the Albanian and Bulgarian armies. Gallery References Sources Engelmann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934–1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliederung, 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 0-385-15090-3 Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, Stackpole Books, 1997 1-85367-480-X External links https://web.archive.org/web/20170726164134/http://historywarsweapons.com/10-5-cm-kanone-18/ "Notes on German Divisional Artillery". Tactical and Technical Trends. 27 August 1942. Retrieved 21 July 2010 November 2019 Category:World War II artillery of Germany Category:105 mm artillery Category:Krupp field guns Category:Rheinmetall Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s Category:World War II field artillery