7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette

7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzlafette
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
Used by	German Empire
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designer	Rheinmetall
Specifications
Weight	1,300 kilograms (2,900 lb)
Barrel length	2.7 metres (110 in) (L/35)

Caliber	77 millimetres (3.0 in)
Breech	horizontal sliding wedge
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-10° to +38°
Muzzle velocity	488 m/s (1,601 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	10,000 metres (11,000 yd)?

The 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzlafette (7.7 cm gun on howitzer carriage) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It consisted of the barrel of the 7.7 cm FK 16 mounted on the carriage of the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 in an attempt to get more elevation and range than the old 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.. The Allies captured one example on 17 April 1916, but it is uncertain just how many were made and if they remained in service once the 7.7 cm FK 16 was introduced.

References

German artillery of World War I

Infantry and mountain guns	7.62 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/16.5 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27

Mortars	7.58 cm leMW 9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz 17 cm mMW 24 cm Ladungswerfer Ehrhardt schwerer 24 cm Flügelminenwerfer "Iko" 25 cm sMW Albrecht mortar

Field, medium and heavy guns	7.7 cm FK 96 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. 7.7 cm FK 16 7.7 cm KiH 10.5 cm FH 98/09 10.5 cm leFH 16 10 cm K 04 10 cm K 14 10 cm K 17 13.5 cm K 09 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. 15 cm sFH 02 15 cm sFH 13 15 cm Kanone 16 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L.

Superheavy and siege artillery	21 cm Mörser 10 21 cm Mörser 16 21 cm Paris Gun 28 cm Haubitze L/12 38 cm Langer Max 42 cm Gamma Mörser 42 cm Big Bertha

Railroad artillery	15 cm SK "Nathan" 17 cm SK L/40 "Samuel" 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" 38 cm SK L/45 "Max"

Anti-aircraft artillery	8.8 cm Flak 16

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