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226:+30° to â10°
165: length
122:World War II
100:Kriegsmarine
88:Used by
69:Nazi Germany
37:
1255:17 cm K (E)
1250:15 cm K (E)
1199:24 cm K (t)
1093:10 cm sK 18
929:8 cm GrW 34
786:5 cm Pak 38
715:5 cm KwK 39
710:5 cm KwK 38
690:2 cm KwK 30
471:Lenton 1976
279:Description
1503:Categories
1229:Karl-GerÀt
1194:24 cm H 39
1189:21 cm K 39
1184:21 cm K 38
1158:17 cm K 18
1148:15 cm K 39
1143:15 cm K 18
1138:15 cm K 16
1087:10 cm K 17
480:References
459:Blair 1996
416:References
400:SK -
351:Naval guns
307:Ammunition
1209:24 cm K 3
683:Tank guns
269:naval gun
222:Elevation
136:1935â1938
83:1939â1945
51:Naval gun
16:Naval gun
626:Archived
376:See also
357:deck gun
271:used in
232:Traverse
133:Designed
917:Mortars
338:History
289:caliber
202:Caliber
41:in 1942
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285:breech
266:German
264:was a
212:Breech
193:weight
163:Barrel
154:Length
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388:Notes
297:fuzed
191:Shell
179:Shell
38:U-251
634:2023
587:ISBN
568:ISBN
549:ISBN
530:ISBN
511:ISBN
492:ISBN
260:The
236:360°
146:Mass
118:Wars
47:Type
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