10 cm K 04

10 cm Kanone 04
A K 04 at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OK
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1905-1918
Used by	German Empire
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Designed	1904
Manufacturer	Krupp
Produced	1905-?
Variants	10 cm K 04/12
Specifications
Weight	2,428 kg (5,353 lbs)
Barrel length	4.725 m (15.5 ft) (L/35)

Shell	fixed ammunition (one piece containing both projectile and cartridge casing
Caliber	105 mm (4.13 in)
Breech	vertical sliding wedge
Recoil	hydro-spring variable recoil
Carriage	box trail
Elevation	-5° to +30°
Traverse	3° 59'
Rate of fire	1 round per 2 minutes
Muzzle velocity	551 m/s (1,808 ft/s)
Effective firing range	10,398 m (11,264 yards)

The 10 cm Kanone 04 (10 cm K 04) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It was the second heavy gun with modern recoil system accepted by the German Army. It was produced as a replacement for the 10 cm K 99 and the Lang 15 cm Kanone 92. Although the standard version lacked a gunshield, some models, such as the 10 cm K 04/12, were fitted with a special gunshield and some other minor modifications. There was only 32 in service at the outbreak of the war.^[1]

It could be transported in one load by a team of six horses, or it could be broken down into 2 loads (tandem hitches) for crossing rough terrain.

References

Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001 ISBN 1-86126-403-8

Notes

↑ Jäger, p. 29

External links

German artillery of World War I

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Mortars	7.58 cm leMW 9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz 17 cm mMW 24 cm Ladungswerfer Ehrhardt schwerer 24 cm Flügelminenwerfer "Iko" 25 cm sMW Albrecht mortar

Field, medium and heavy guns	7.7 cm FK 96 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. 7.7 cm FK 16 7.7 cm KiH 10.5 cm FH 98/09 10.5 cm leFH 16 10 cm K 04 10 cm K 14 10 cm K 17 13.5 cm K 09 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. 15 cm sFH 02 15 cm sFH 13 15 cm Kanone 16 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L.

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Railroad artillery	15 cm SK "Nathan" 17 cm SK L/40 "Samuel" 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" 38 cm SK L/45 "Max"

Anti-aircraft artillery	8.8 cm Flak 16 Flaming onion

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