15 cm MRK L/22

15 cm MRK L/22
Place of origin
Service history
Used byGermany
Production history
DesignerKrupp
Designed1877
ManufacturerKrupp
Produced1877
No. built?
Specifications
Mass3,500 kg
Length3,270 mm

Caliber149.1 mm[1]
Rate of fire1 shot / minute [2]
Muzzle velocity474 m/s
Effective firing range
armor: 2,000 m[3]

soft targets: 5,000 m[3]

The 15 cm Mantel Ring Kanone L/22 was a 15 cm 22 caliber long Krupp Mantel Ring Kanone (MRK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech. It was designed as a Mantel Ring Kanone version of the 15 cm RK L/22.

  1. ^ Von Müller 1879, p. 288.
  2. ^ Schott 1899, p. 873.
  3. ^ a b Von Müller 1879, p. 264, 289.