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By the 1880s, Krupp had developed an 88mm naval gun and adopted 75mm as the caliber for the army's field and mountain guns. In 1897, when the French 75mm quick-firing gun appeared, Krupp produced the similar 77mm, which was used in World War I. Krupp mountain guns were also used during the Mexican Revolution [10] and the Spanish Civil War.
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 AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH) trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars. It produced battleships , U-boats , tanks , howitzers , guns , utilities, and hundreds of other commodities.
Design drawing by Krupp. The development of the 40 cm MRK L/25 drew international attention even before it was tested. At the time, the British Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and the Elswick Ordnance Company where building experimental 'Woolwich' and 'Armstrong' guns of about 81 and 100 tons for HMS Inflexible and the Duilio-class ironclads.
Berthier M1911 machine gun [7] (Water cooled version) Caldwell M1915; Darne M1916 machine gun; De Knight M1902/17 [7] DWM Parabellum MG 13 [13] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version) Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machine gun; Johnston D1918 [14] Knötgen M1912 machine gun; S.I.A. M1918 [13] Schwarzlose M1905 machine gun [7 ...
The 24 cm MRK L/30 was a Krupp naval gun developed in the early 1880s. Together with the 24 cm K L/35 , it implemented the ideas of using higher charges and longer projectiles for the Krupp 24 cm caliber.
The Chinese also built variants of the Type 41 mountain gun that was a Krupp M1908 built under license in Japan. The M1908 mixed Krupp features with a tubular pole trail similar to the type used by the Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904. An advantage of the M1908 was its tuning fork shaped carriage allowed higher angles of elevation. [5]
The Krupp guns used prismatic gun powder, the British gun used Pebble-powder. The Krupp 17 cm gun fired with a charge of 11.8 kg, the British 7-inch with 13.6 kg. The results showed that the Krupp 17 cm clearly outclassed the British 7-inch gun. [26] In Japan, the ironclad FusÅ had four 24 cm guns and two 17 cm RK L/25, used as chase guns. [27]