7.5 cm Feldkanone 18 Field Gun

Country of OriginGermany
TypeField Gun
Caliber75.000 mm
Length1.940 m
Weight1120.000 kg
Ammunition Weight5.83 kg
Rate of Fire8 rounds/min
Range9.425 km
Muzzle Velocity485 m/s

Contributor:

ww2dbaseThe 7.5 cm Feldkanone (FK) 18 field guns were designed in the mid-1930s to replaced the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA field guns which had been in use since the early 1930s. They were designed by the German armaments firm Krupp. They were adopted by the German Army in 1938.

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Last Major Revision: Dec 2010




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