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21cm Lange MORSER M-16/ L14.5

Based on the previous models of 21cm howitzers, (mortars in german terminology), the 1916 model “21cm Lange Morser M.16 / L14.5” was a new design made jointly by Rheinmetall and Krupp to get more range lengthening the tube from 12 to 14.5 calibers. The range was improved in about 800 meters only, because one of the main objectives was not to increase the total weight of the piece, objective met with the increase of only 177kgs. The 14.5 caliber tubes were mounted on more than two hundred 21cm Morsers that German Army had at the beginning of WWI. It was still in use when WWII broke up and 28 examples were modernized with rubber tyres to facilitate its movement on the battlefield.

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Country of origin

Germany

Builder

Krupp – Rheinmetall

Type

Heavy howitzer – Mortar

Entered service

1916

Combat weight

6,680 kg

Dimensions (length x width x height)

3.20 meters (barrel length)

Armament

1 x 210/14.5mm howitzer-mortar

Rate of fire, (maximum)

2 shells per minute

Shell weight

HE 21cm Gr.18: 113 kg – HE 21cm Gr.18 Be (concrete piercing): 121.40 kg
Swedish type HE 210 tkrv 51/65-ps R/33 (concrete piercing): 120.75 kg

Shell range

11 km

Muzzle velocity

394 m/s

Warhead, (explosive charge)

Weight: 11.60 kg – Explosive: TNT (21 cm Gr.18 Be concrete piercing shell)

Production

+200 (14.5 caliber barrel)