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Country of Origin	Germany
Type	Railway Gun
Caliber	149.300 mm
Length	2.000 m
Weight	74000.000 kg
Ammunition Weight	43.00 kg
Range	22.500 km
Muzzle Velocity	805 m/s

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe four 15 cm Kanone in Eisenbahnlafette ("gun on railroad mounting"), or 15 cm K (E) for short, railway guns were built in 1937 by Krupp by mating the older but widely-available 15 cm Schnelladekanone L/40 guns with flatcars. All four guns participated in the invasion of Belgium in 1940; two of them were damaged by premature detonations on 20 May 1940 while bombarding Liège. For the remainder of the European War, they were assigned to Artillery Battery 655 (E) in Belgium on coast-defense duties.

Source: Wikipedia. ww2dbase

Last Major Revision: Aug 2009

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