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  • 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst"
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  • The 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (K - Kanone (Cannon) L - Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel), Kurfürst (Elector) was a German railroad gun that served on the Western Front in 1918 during World War I. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service when its original ships began to be disarmed beginning in 1915. All six built were destroyed postwar according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Number
  • 6
breech
  • horizontal sliding-wedge
is explosive
  • yes
part length
  • about L/40
Origin
  • German Empire
Service
  • 1918
Name
  • 28
is artillery
  • yes
Type
traverse
  • 4
  • 180
Cartridge
  • separate-loading, case charge
Wars
Carriage
  • 2
Manufacturer
Used by
  • German Empire
production date
  • 1917
Recoil
  • hydro-pneumatic
design date
  • 1917
Elevation
  • +0° to 45°
Designer
abstract
  • The 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (K - Kanone (Cannon) L - Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel), Kurfürst (Elector) was a German railroad gun that served on the Western Front in 1918 during World War I. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service when its original ships began to be disarmed beginning in 1915. All six built were destroyed postwar according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.