Heavy cannons on rail
Railroad-flatbed mounted German heavy artillery
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-artillery/58395/heavy-cannons-on-rail
15cm K (E)
15cm Kanone in Eisenbahnlafette
150mm [actual 149.3mm] Cannon in a railway gun carriage.
Itroduced into the German Army in 1936.
A very modern design.
The gun itself was a naval gun.
It had a 360 degree traverse.
Elevation was +10 to +45 degrees
It weighed 74.84 tons [74,000 kg]
I could fire a 94.85 pound [43kg] shell at
1969 feet per second [600 mps] out to a distance of
24,606 yards [22500 meters.
19 guns were produced but it was too small of a caliber to be worth the trouble of a railway mounting.
Reference:
GERMAN ARTILLERY OF WORLD WAR TWO
Ian V. HOGG
Greenhill Books - London 1975
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