7.5 cm Feldkanone 18 Field Gun
Country of Origin | Germany |
Type | Field Gun |
Caliber | 75.000 mm |
Length | 1.940 m |
Weight | 1120.000 kg |
Ammunition Weight | 5.83 kg |
Rate of Fire | 8 rounds/min |
Range | 9.425 km |
Muzzle Velocity | 485 m/s |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseThe 7.5 cm Feldkanone (FK) 18 field guns were designed in the mid-1930s to replaced the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA field guns which had been in use since the early 1930s. They were designed by the German armaments firm Krupp. They were adopted by the German Army in 1938.Source: Wikipedia ww2dbase
Last Major Revision: Dec 2010
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