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The Krupp steelworks, or Krupp foundry, or Krupp cast steel factory (German: Krupp-Gussstahlfabrik [Guss+stahl+fabrik]) in Essen is a historic industrial site of the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany that was known as the "weapons forge of the German Reich" (Waffenschmiede des Deutschen Reiches).
Krupp artillery was a significant factor at the battles of Wissembourg and Gravelotte, and was used during the siege of Paris. Krupp's anti-balloon guns were the first anti-aircraft guns. Prussia fortified the major North German ports with batteries that could hit French ships from a distance of 4,000 yd (3.7 km; 2.3 mi), inhibiting invasion.
It made that Krupp switched to making built-up guns. This was also the time that Krupp introduced its cylindroprismatic horizontal sliding wedge breech, the Rundkeil Verschluss. The result was the so-called Ring Kanone. In 1866 Krupp made an 8-inch Ring Kanone. Later that year, Krupp got Russian orders for 8 and 9-inch Ring Kanone.
In 1811, Friedrich Krupp founded Germany's first cast-steel factory in Essen and laid the cornerstone for what was to be the largest enterprise in Europe for a couple of decades. The weapon factories in Essen became so important that a sign facing the main railway station welcomed visitors Hitler and Mussolini to the "Armory of the Reich ...
The decoy factory was 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the real factory, situated on the Rottberg-Hills in Velbert. It occupied an area of 1.5 km (1 mile) × 2.5 km (1½ miles). [1] The dummy factory was supposed to mimic a poorly darkened and operating Krupp steel works as the Royal Air Force only flew at night. The decoy system consisted of a ...
The 28 cm Ring Kanone L/22 got its final name in 1885, when the German Navy issued a renaming order for its artillery. The gun which had been known as 28 cm Ring Kanone became the 28 cm Ring Kanone L/22 abbreviated 28 cm RK L/22. [22] In its final design the 28 cm Ring Kanone had a caliber of 283 mm. Measured in the grooves, this was 287 mm.
Krupp's factory in Essen was occupied, and independent republics were declared, but the German Reichswehr invaded from Westphalia and quickly restored order. Later in the year, Britain oversaw the dismantling of much of Krupp's factory, reducing capacity by half and shipping industrial equipment to France as war reparations .
It was a rifled breech loader with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech and a Broadwell ring. The 24 cm K L/20 was also known as 96-pdr, 9 inch gun and kurze 24 cm Ring Kanone. It saw extensive testing of several new concepts.