24 cm Kanone 3 | |
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Type | Heavy Siege Gun |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1939–45 |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Rheinmetall |
Designed | 1935–38 |
Manufacturer | Krupp |
Produced | 1938–44 |
No. built | 14+ |
Specifications | |
Mass | 54,866 kg (120,959 lb) |
Barrel length | 13.102 m (40 ft) |
Shell weight | 151.4 kg (334 lb) (HE) |
Caliber | 238 millimetres (9.4 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding-block |
Recoil | dual-recoil hydro-pneumatic |
Carriage | Box trail |
Elevation | 0° to +56° |
Traverse | 6° on carriage 360° on platform |
Rate of fire | 1 rd per 4–5 min |
Muzzle velocity | 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 37 km (23 mi) |
The 24-cm-Kanone 3 (24 cm K 3) was a German heavy siege gun used in the Second World War by the first battalion of Artillerie-Regiment 84. Four were in service when Germany invaded Poland, assigned to the first two batteries of I./AR 84,[1] and in the Battle of France.[2] By Operation Barbarossa all three batteries were equipped with two guns apiece.[3] This situation did not change for the next two years.[4]