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15cm schwere Haubitze L/11
Heavy artillery
Contributor :
Marcin Ochman     
Charlie Clelland     
     
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Location :
Poland
Warsaw
Military Museum
Coordinates : Lat : 52.18440 / Long : 21.06740
General comments on this surviving gun :


Identical items in the same location : 1
Items covered by this file : 1

Markings : FRIED KRUPP - ESSEN 1902 - Nr17
Historic and technical information
Denomination :     15cm sH L/11 Origin :       ( Krupp)             ( Japon )          

Historic context :

Like most of the major European arms manufacturers of the 19th century, Germany's Krupp produced variants of models designed for its own army for the export market. For example, the company supplied the Imperial Japanese Army with 18 examples of a derivative version of its '15cm schwere Feld Haubitze 93' heavy howitzer.

The main differences between this '15 cm s Haubitze 98' and the original model were :

  • the replacement of the sliding block breech by an interrupted thread model, which the Nippon customer preferred.
  • the 149.1 mm calibre instead of the 149.7 mm of the German version.
This piece, which lacked a recoil recovery system, was quickly rendered obsolete by the widespread use of this technique at the dawn of the 20th century, and was replaced in Germany by the '15cm sFH 02', which was adapted for Japan as the '15cm Howitzer Type38'.

The presence of a tubez of this piece in Warsaw today bears witness to the sale by Japan of 12 of these obsolete weapons to the Russian armies during the First World War, who had to use them in fortress or field artillery.

Technical data :

  • Complete description : 150 mm L/11 heavy howitzer
  • Design year : 1898
  • Calibre : 149.10 mm
  • Weight in firing position : 2035 kg
  • Weight for transportation :
  • Tube length in calibres : 11.00
  • Grooves : 0 (unknown)
  • Projectile weight : 36 kg
  • Initial speed : 275 m/sec
  • Fire rate :
  • Range : 5890 m
  • Elevation range : 0 to +65 degrees
  • Direction range : none

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