Service Data:
In Service: 1941 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built: 4
Technical Data:
Type: Kanone Eisenbahnlafette
Calibre: 38 cm
Length: 19.630 m
Weight: 294,000 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil: hydro pneumatic
Carriage: 2 × 8 axle bogies
Elevation: 0° to +45°
Traverse: 360� on turntable
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1,050 m/s
Effective range: 55,700 m
Shell Weight: 495.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Raiway
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 38 cm Siegfried K (E) (38 cm Kanone Eisenbahnlafette Siegfried)
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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