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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).
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.
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.
French soldiers inspecting Krupp's factory in Essen were cornered by workers in a garage, opened fire with a machine gun, and killed thirteen. This incident spurred reprisal killings and sabotage across the Rhineland, and when Krupp held a large, public funeral for the workers, he was fined and jailed by the French.
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.
The 24 cm MRK L/25.5 was a Krupp prototype naval gun developed in the late 1870s. It was one of two guns that Krupp made to test the application of scientific discoveries with regard to gunpowder. These discoveries made it possible to use higher charges by enlarging the chamber of the gun.
The 30.5 cm Ring Kanone L/22 was a 30.5 cm 22 caliber long Krupp Ring Kanone. It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic horizontal sliding breech. The gun became famous when it was exhibited at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. It did not enter service, but did lead to the development of the 30.5 cm MRK L/22.
As the name shows, these were Ring Kanone, the Krupp type of built-up gun. [23] Up till August 1871 the name of these guns was: langer Ring 24-pfdr c/70 147.2" (80Ztr. schwer.) That month, it was changed to lange 15 cm Marine Ring Kanone. [9] In 1885, the name lange 15 cm Ring Kanone was changed to 15 cm Ring Kanone L/26, abbreviated 15 cm RK L/26.