Service Data:
In Service: to
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Röchling
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Hochdruckpumpe / Vergeltungswaffe 3
Calibre: 15 cm
Length: 150 m
Weight: kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, electrically fired
plus interrupted screw, flash fired
Recoil:
Carriage: fixed
Elevation: fixed at +55°
Traverse: nine
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1.463 m/s
Effective range: 150,000 m
Shell Weight: 83.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Heavy Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 15 cm Hochdruckpumpe, Vergeltungswaffe 3, V-3
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
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