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7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27

Field	Value
name	7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27
image	Taber-center (cropped).JPG
image_size	300
caption	A 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütze L/27 at the Taber Alberta War Memorial. Notice the lack of seats, small diameter wheels, no lower shield, and shield extended over the wheels.
origin	German Empire
type	Infantry gun
is_artillery	yes
service	1917–1918
used_by	German Empire
wars	World War I
designer	Krupp
manufacturer	Krupp
weight	845 kg
part_length	2.08 m L/27
cartridge	6.85 kg
caliber	77 mm (3.03 in)
velocity	approx 400 m/s (1,312 ft/s)
range	4600 m
max_range	7800 m
(trail dug in)
breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge
carriage	Box trail
elevation	-15° to +12°
traverse	6°

(trail dug in)

The 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27 was an infantry gun used by Germany in World War I. It was intended to replace the 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20, but only saw limited service.

It was another variant of the 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. using the tube, breech and carriage of the older gun. The carriage was modified with smaller diameter and narrower wheels set closer together, lacking the axle mounted crew seats and lower part of the shield. In other design departures from the standard gun, the shield was detachable and the axle was set further to the rear, altering the balance of the gun for easier manual handling. A removeable drum shaped counterweight was placed in a cradle over the trail spade to compensate for this change in balance for firing. Unlike the standard gun, the barrel could be quickly removed from the recoil cradle without having to unscrew and remove the recoil buffer and springs. On difficult terrain that may be expected in the front lines, it could be transported in two loads if required. Some surviving examples feature bolted-on wide steel tires to reduce the wheel pressure on soft ground.

Only enough guns for eighteen batteries had been ordered and delivered in the Spring of 1917 as the Germans continued their search for the ideal infantry gun by ordering the Austrian Skoda 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone 15.

There are six known surviving examples - two in Canada, two in the USA, one in Australia and one in New Zealand.

Gallery

File:7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L27.jpg|Two guns captured near the Marne in 1918 File:7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L27-1.jpg|A captured gun

References

Jäger, Herbert. German Artillery of World War One. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2001

References

http://www.landships.info/landships/artillery_articles.html?load=/landships/artillery_articles/FK_96_Derivatives.html

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