15 cm RK L/22

15 cm RK L/22
Fixated 15 cm RK L/22 on brookwell carriage
Type
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
Used by
Production history
DesignerKrupp
ManufacturerKrupp
Specifications
Mass3,500 kg[1]
Length3,270 mm (L/22)[2]

Caliber149.1 mm[2]
Muzzle velocity477 m/s[1]
Effective firing range
armor: 2,000 m[1]

soft targets: 5,000 m[1]

The 15 cm Ring Kanone L/22 or Kurze 15 cm Ring Kanone was a 15 cm 22 caliber long Krupp Ring Kanone (RK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech. It was designed based on the idea that for penetrating armor, it was more effective to increase the charge than to increase the caliber. There were two models: The original model with 24 wedge grooves and the later model with 36 parallel grooves.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Von Müller 1879, p. 289.
  2. ^ a b c Von Müller 1879, p. 288.