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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).
In March 1882, the 30.5 cm MRK L/35 gun barrel was tested at the artillery proving grounds in Meppen. [19] Indeed, the test of this recently completed gun was the main reason to stage a big event for artillery men from all over the world. [20] As produced, the gun barrel weighed 49,700 kg including the breech block.
The 26 cm RK L/22 was a gun from a family of Krupp naval artillery guns designed in the late 1860s. The gun was used on warships of the Imperial German Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy . During World War I , it was used as coastal artillery by the Ottoman Empire .
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.
It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech. It was a further development of the earlier 30.5 cm RK L/22 that Krupp had developed and exhibited at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair .
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]