| 10 cm Kanone 14 | |
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A K 14 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK |
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| Type | Field gun |
| Place of origin | German Empire |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1915-1918 |
| Used by | German Empire Bulgaria |
| Wars | World War I |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Krupp |
| Designed | 1912-14 |
| Manufacturer | Krupp |
| Produced | 1915-18 |
| Number built | 724 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2,820 kg (6,217 lbs) |
| Barrel length | 4.725 m (15 ft 6 in) L/35 |
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| Shell | separate-loading, cased charge |
| Caliber | 105 mm (4.13 in) |
| Breech | semi-automatic horizontal sliding wedge |
| Recoil | hydro-spring variable recoil |
| Carriage | box trail |
| Elevation | -5° to +45° |
| Traverse | 6° |
| Effective range | 12,085 m (13,092 yards) |
The 10 cm Kanone 14 (10 cm K 14) was a field gun used by Germany and Bulgaria in World War I. It was intended to replace the 10 cm K 04. In many ways it was a heavily modified K 04 intended to be able to engage aircraft. It was mounted on a firing platform to give it fast 360° traverse. Its elevation was increased 15° over the older gun and it was given a heavy and complicated variable recoil system to minimize problems when firing at high angles. A double elevation sighting system was fitted to increase accuracy against aerial targets. Despite these modifications it proved to be a complete failure as an anti-aircraft gun, but was placed into production upon the outbreak of World War I and the first guns were delivered by May 1915.
It could be transported in one load by a team of six horses, with the baseplate stowed over the trails. Two batteries worth were modified to be broken down for use in mountainous terrain.
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