15 cm Kanone 16

15 cm Kanone 16 15 cm Kanone 16 on display outside the Australian War Memorial in October 2016.jpg 300 A 15 cm Kanone 16 on display outside the Australian War Memorial in 2016 German Empire Heavy field gun yes 1917–45 German EmpireBelgiumNazi Germany World War IWorld War II Krupp 1917 Krupp 1917–18 15 cm K 16 im Mrs. Laf. 10870 kg lb 6.41 m ft L/43Heavy Artillery Chamberlain Peter 1975 23 Arco Gander Terry 0668038985 New York 2143869 separate-loading, cased charge 51.4 kg lb (HE) 149.3 mm in on 3 rpm 757 m/s ft/s 22000 m yd horizontal sliding-block box trail -3° to +43° 8° The 15 cm Kanone 16 (15 cm K 16) was a heavy field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after World War I were taken into Wehrmacht service after the conquest of Belgium as the 15 cm K 429(b). It generally served on coast-defense duties during World War II. Design thumb|left|15 cm Kanone 16 in transport configuration. Photo taken in the Middle East. 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 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 ft/s. Charge 2 replaced Charge 1 in the cartridge case and propelled the shell with a velocity of 696 m/s ft/s. Charge 3 was added to Charge 2 and raised the muzzle velocity to 757 m/s ft/s.Hogg, pp. 82-3 See also Weapons of comparable role, performance and era BL 6 inch Gun Mk XIX British equivalent Canon de 155mm GPF French equivalent References Citations 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, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997. 1-85367-480-X. External links the K 16 on Landships List and pictures of World War I surviving 15cm K 16 guns Category:Field artillery of Germany Category:World War I artillery of Germany Category:World War II field artillery Category:World War II artillery of Germany Category:150 mm artillery Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1917