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Krupp 87mm field gun M.

1886

Bulgarian designation : 8,7-см далнобойно полско оръдие “Круп”


87-мм нескорострелно полско оръдие “Круп”

Krupp designation : 9cm Feldkanone C/80

Calibre : 87mm L/24

Weight of the barrel : 450 kg

Weight of the breech-block : 38.5 kg

Weight of the carriage : 530 kg

Weight in action : 990 kg

Weight of the limber : 500 kg (empty) – 800 kg (loaded)

Weight in marching order : 1790 kg

Weight of ammunition wagon : 2000 kg

Length of the barrel : 2.1 m

Length of the bore : 1865 mm

Length of twist : 3915 mm – 45 calibres

Barrel grooves number : 24

depth : 1.25 mm

width : 8.40 mm

Battering charge : 1.5 kg of black powder (Grobkörniges Art.-Pulver)

610 g of smokeless powder

Common shell weight : 6.21 kg – charge: 210 g

length : 215 mm

muzzle velocity : 460 m/s

max. range : 6800 m

Shrapnel weight : 7.1 kg – charge: 80 g of black powder


180 bullets x 15 g

7.1 kg – charge: 80 g of black powder


300 bullets x 11 g

7.1 kg – charge: 80 g of black powder


260 bullets x 11 g

length : 188 mm

muzzle velocity : 435 m/s

max. range : 5200 m

Case shot weight : 6.7 kg – 82 zinc balls

max. range : 400 m

217 m/s at 6000 m with shrapnel


Remaining velocity :
195 m/s at 4000 m with common shell

Length of the line of sight : 1050 mm

Elevation : + 24° / + 8°

Track : 1.528 m

Transport : drawn by six horses

Ammunition : carriage – 1 case shot


limber – 30 rounds and 2 case shots
ammunition wagon – 85 rounds and 2 case shots
8 ammunition wagons for every eight-guns battery
(with six-guns batteries only 6 ammunition wagon)

Remarks :
Slow firing jacket field gun (Mantelrohr), cylindro-prismatic wedge breech mechanism with
an expanding steel obturation ring, traverse on pivot. It was fitted with a direct fire sight
and aiming circle. It was modernised to use smokeless powder, but the rapidity of fire was
not very great. It was adopted also by the Rumanian and Turkish Army.

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