C64 (field gun)
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Illustration of the wedge lock of a C64.[1]
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Side view of the closure of a C64
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Section through the closure of a double wedge C64
The Krupp C64 (sometimes C/64) steel, breech loaded field gun (8cm caliber, 4 kg[2] projectile, 3800m range)[3] was one of the main artillery pieces of the Prussians in the 1870–1871 war with France. It was superior to the French counterparts in every way: accuracy, rate of fire, range and reliability of the fuse.[4][3]
The C64 was the sole gun of the horse artillery units. Each unit comprised three batteries, each battery was equipped with six C64 guns, for a total of eighteen guns per unit. The foot artillery units had an equal mixture of C64 and the heavier C67 (six pounder gun).[5]
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References[]
- ^ Sauer, K.Th.von (1869). Atlas zum Grundriss der Waffenlehre. Munich: Literarisch-artistische Anstalt.
- ^ Richard Wille (1873). Das Deutsche Feld-Artillerie-Material. Bath. p. 122.
- ^ a b Bruce I. Gudmundsson (1993). On Artillery –. p. 1.[dead link]
- ^ Michael Solka; Darko Pavlović (2004). German Armies 1870–71 (1): Prussia. Osprey Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84176-754-3.
- ^ Michael Solka; Darko Pavlović (2004). German Armies 1870–71 (1): Prussia. Osprey Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-84176-754-3.
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- Field artillery of Germany