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15cm Kanone Eisenbahn - Railway Gun |
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Kanone Eisenbahn |
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15cm Kanone Eisenbahn with ship's armored turret (open casement type) |
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149.3mm ( 5.88" ) |
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Length of Gun :
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5960mm ( 19.55 ft ) | ||
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Length of bore :
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5571mm ( 18.28 ft ) | ||
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Rifling :
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44 grooves, right hand increasing twist, 1/45 to 1/25.5 | ||
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Breech Mechanism :
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vertical sliding block, percussion fired | ||
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Caliber :
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40 | ||
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Barrel weight (kg) :
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5,800 | ||
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Elevation :
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+10° to +45° | ||
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Axle : |
2 x 3 | ||
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Weight in action
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74,000 | ||
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Maximum Range : |
22,500 m | ||
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  A 15cm gun seen as the crew prepares to ram home a projectile |
 Railroad battery 655 with two guns in position ready to fire |
 15cm guns of the "Gneisenau" Battery seen here in 1944, in France |
 Crews cleans out the barrel |
 Four 15cm guns of the "Gneisenau" Battery seen here showing the extended side stabilizers |
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© one35th - Last updated on :
Sunday, April 20, 2008 |
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Although
introduced in 1937 this was actually a long term design and was the first
modern equipment to enter service with the Wehrmacht. The design bore some
resemblance to the American 8" MK VI Mod 3A2 that, introduced at
about the same time, had been announced in prototype some years early. The
15cm K(E) was on a well base flatcar with four out-riggers, mounted on two
six-wheel bogies. In action the out riggers were swung out and jacks took
the recoil stress, further jacks locked the spring suspension, four more
bore on the surface of the rails, and screw clamps gripped beneath the
rails to provide additional security.
