15 cm Gerät 65

German designation : Gerät 65
Calibre : 149,1 mm
Barrel length : 15375 mm (L/102.5)
Barrel rifling length : 13438
Shipping weight : 37 000 kg
Weight of the weapon (in stock) : 26 000 kg
Aim : -3° to +90°
Aim : 360°
Impact velocity : 950 m/s
Projectile weight : 42 kg
Range : 18 000 m (vertical)
Rate of fire : 9 rounds per minute
Manufacturer : Rheinmetall-Borsig AG Düsseldorf


Development commissioned in January 1940 (as a replacement for the Gerät 55) and as a backup to the concurrent Gerät 60 project by Krupp. From the spring of 1941 development slowed down until it was abandoned at the end of 1942 in favour of the Gerät 65F
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