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: 8,200 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, electrically fired
Recoil:
Carriage: split trail
Elevation: -4° to +45°
Traverse: 40�
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
Articles:
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
For a complete list of
sources
