10 cm K 17

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10 cm Kanone 17

A K 17 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
Type field gun
Place of origin Germany
Service history
In service 1917-1945
Used by Flag of German Empire German Empire
Flag of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Wars World War I
World War II
Production history
Designer Krupp
Specifications
Weight 3,300 kg
Length 4.725 m
Barrel length 2.036 m L/45

Shell separate-loading, cased charge
Caliber 105 mm
Breech horizontal sliding block
Carriage box trail
Elevation -2° to +45°
Traverse
Muzzle velocity 650 m/s
Effective range 16,500 m (18,045 yds)

The 10 cm Kanone 17 (10 cm K 17) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II.

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  • Englemann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliderung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
  • Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
  • Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X
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