7.5 cm FK 16 nA
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| 7.5 cm Feldkanone 16 neuer Art | |
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 A FK 16nA at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK |
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| Type | field gun |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1939-1945 |
| Used by |  Nazi Germany |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Rheinmetall |
| Produced | 1930s |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 1,524 kg |
| Length | 2.7 m |
| Barrel length | 2.036 m L/36 |
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| Caliber | 75 mm |
| Breech | horizontal sliding block |
| Carriage | box trail |
| Elevation | -9° to +44° |
| Traverse | 4° |
| Muzzle velocity | 662 m/s |
| Effective range | 12,300 m (13,450 yds) |
The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art (7.5 cm FK 16 nA) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber.
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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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