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Krupp 75mm Field Gun Specifications

The Krupp 75mm field gun M. 1886 was a slow firing field artillery piece used by several armies in the late 19th century. It weighed around 779 kg in action and was transported by a six horse team. It had a maximum range of over 6000 meters when firing common shells and 4400 meters with shrapnel. Though updated to use smokeless powder, its rate of fire remained low.

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Krupp 75mm Field Gun Specifications

The Krupp 75mm field gun M. 1886 was a slow firing field artillery piece used by several armies in the late 19th century. It weighed around 779 kg in action and was transported by a six horse team. It had a maximum range of over 6000 meters when firing common shells and 4400 meters with shrapnel. Though updated to use smokeless powder, its rate of fire remained low.

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Krupp 75mm field gun M.

1886

Bulgarian designation : 75-мм нескорострелно полско оръдие “Круп”

Turkish designation : 7,5/27 sm. mantelli süvari sahra top

Romanian designation : Tunul “Krupp” calibrul 75 mm, model 1880

Krupp designation : 8cm Feldkanone C/80

Calibre : 75mm L/27

Weight of the barrel : 300 kg

Weight of the breech : 26 kg

Weight of the carriage : 470 kg

Weight in action : 779 kg

Weight of the limber : 460 kg (empty) – 711 kg (loaded)

Weight in marching order : 1490 (loaded)

Barrel length : 2000 mm

Length of the bore : 1795 mm

Length of twist : 2700 mm – 36 calibres

Barrel grooves number : 24

depth : 1.25 mm

width : 7.00 mm

Battering charge : 1 kg of black powder (Grobkörniges Art.-Pulver)

380 g of smokeless powder

Common shell weight : 4.3 kg – charge: 100 g

length : 185 mm

max. range : 6100 m

Shrapnel weight : 4.355 kg – charge : 55 g of black powder


85 bullets x 15 g

4.355 kg – charge : 55 g of black powder


170 bullets x 11 g

length : 153 mm

max. range : 4400 m

Case shot weight : 4.45 kg – 69 balls

4.9 kg – 165 bullets

4.9 kg – 204 bullets

Muzzle velocity : 460 m/s

Remaining velocity : 234 m/s at 3000 m with shrapnel


189 m/s at 6000 m with common shell

Angle of descent : at 100 m – 0° 9’


at 500 m – 0° 53’
at 1000 m – 2° 08’
at 1500 m – 3° 53’
at 2000 m – 6° 07’
at 2500 m – 8° 42’
at 3000 m – 11° 46’
at 3500 m – 15° 16’
at 4000 m – 19° 11’
at 5000 m – 28° 25’
at 6000 m – 40° 54’

Length of the line of sight : 925 mm

Elevation : + 25° / + 8°

Track : 1.528 m

Transport : drawn by six horse

Ammunition : carriage - 1 case shot


limber - 24 shells, 12 shrapnel, 2 case shots
ammunition wagon - 48 shells, 60 shrapnel, 2 case
shots
6 ammunition wagons for every battery

Remarks :
Slow firing field gun, cylindro-prismatic wedge breech mechanism with an expanding steel
obturation ring. It was fitted with a direct fire sight and aiming circle. It was modernised to
use smokeless powder, but the rapidity of fire was not very great. It was adopted also by
the Romanian and Turkish Army.

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