Year | 1939 |
Weapon Type | Heavy Siege Gun |
Origin & Designer | Czechoslovakia/Skoda |
Numbers Produced | 60 |
Crew | 12 |
Calibre | 210mm |
Elevation | -4° to +45° |
Traverse | 360° |
Breech | Interrupted Screw |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | [@gun_sight] |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Carriage | Box Trail |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | [@gun_shield] |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 9.530mm (L/52) |
Overall Length | [@length] |
Width | [@width] |
Height | [@height] |
Weight | 39.800 kg (In Action) |
Round Weight | 135 kg (Bagged Charge) |
Muzzle Velocity | 860 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 | 30.300m |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Traction | Motorised (3 x Sd.Kfz 9s) |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The K39(t) was a Skoda designed piece which could be used as a heavy field gun or coastal gun. The Germans used twelve of them during the opening phases of operation Barbarossa and these were issued to Artillerie-Abteilung 767 and 768. These weapons were also used to bombard Odessa, Leningrad and Sevastopol. The gun had to be split into three loads for transportation and took six to eight hours to be ready for firing. Around twenty six were used as coastal guns. |