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  • 21 cm Kanone 39
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  • The 21 cm Kanone 39 (K 39) was a Czech-designed heavy gun used by the Germans in the Second World War. Two were built before the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939 and seized the rest of the guns and kept it in production for their own use, eventually building a total of 60 guns for themselves. They participated in Operation Barbarossa, the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Leningrad and the Siege of Sevastopol and were used on coast defense duties.
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  • 21
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Number
  • 60
breech
  • interrupted screw, de Bange obduration
is explosive
  • yes
Origin
  • Czechoslovakia
Rate
  • 120.0
filling
  • TNT
Service
  • 1939
Name
  • 21
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • A 21 cm K 39 at the Pas-de-Calais on coast defense duties
traverse
  • 360
Cartridge
  • separate-loading, bag charge
Wars
Carriage
  • box
Manufacturer
Used by
  • Sweden
  • Nazi Germany
  • Turkey
production date
  • 1939
Variants
  • K 39/40, K 39/41
Elevation
  • -4
Designer
abstract
  • The 21 cm Kanone 39 (K 39) was a Czech-designed heavy gun used by the Germans in the Second World War. Two were built before the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939 and seized the rest of the guns and kept it in production for their own use, eventually building a total of 60 guns for themselves. They participated in Operation Barbarossa, the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Leningrad and the Siege of Sevastopol and were used on coast defense duties.