Year | 1919 |
Weapon Type | Medium Gun |
Origin & Designer | Czechoslovakia/Skoda |
Numbers Produced | 11 |
Crew | 10 |
Calibre | 152.4mm |
Elevation | -6° to +45° |
Traverse | 3° |
Breech | Horizontal Sliding Wedge |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | Telescopic |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Box Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 4.7mm |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 6000mm (L/42) |
Overall Length | 10.400m |
Width | 1.80m |
Height | 2.025m |
Weight | Weight in Traction: 18.420 kg Weight in Action: 13.260 kg |
Round Weight | 57.2 kg (HE) |
Muzzle Velocity | 577 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | [@practical_rate_of_fire] |
Rate of Fire | 1 r.p.m. |
Maximum Rate of Fire | [@maximum_rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Ceiling | [@maximum_ceiling] |
Maximum Ground Range | [@maximum_ground_range] |
Maximum Range | 20.500m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Motorised (Two Loads) |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The TK Vz.15/16 (Těžký Kanon Vzor 15/16) was a heavy gun which was designed and built by the Czech firm Skoda. It was a large and heavy gun and was only produced in small number. It had to be transported in two loads by motorised tractors and took around three hours to assemble and make ready for fire. They were issued to heavy artillery regiments at army level. |