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12.8 cm Kanone 81/1

Heavy Field Artillery






Service Data:

In Service: to

Production Data:

Manufacturer: Krupp, Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:

Technical Data:

Type: Kanone

Calibre: 12.8 cm
Length: 7.020 m
Weight: 12,150 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, electrically fired
Recoil:
Carriage: split trail
Elevation: -4° to +45°
Traverse: 60�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 935 m/s
Effective range: 24,410 m
Shell Weight: 28.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
12.8 cm Kanone 81/1 French carriage
12.8 cm Kanone 81/2 Russian carriage
12.8 cm Kanone 81/3
12.8 cm PaK 44 Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186)

Other: Heavy Field Artillery
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History:

The 12.8 cm K 81 (12.8 cm Kanone 81)

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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