And because of the large number of vehicles, the weight of these guns can be further amplified, and the weight of the 210mm guns of the Germans in history is more than 6 to 7 tons, and the length of the barrel is only L14. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info If the prince uses a large medicine room and appropriately lengthens the body tube to increase the range to more than 13km, don't look at the difference of about 3km, the effect in actual combat will be great, and the inch is long and the inch is fierce.

Think about it, the German SFH2 howitzer in World War 18 had no more than a range of 13325 meters, while the Russians had a range of 1937 guns of the M17265. The firing range was increased by almost 4 km, which gave the German artillery a very obvious advantage, so much so that the Germans preferred to increase the range by using a strong charge, which after all damaged the artillery. And even in order to increase the firing range, the prince could allow a decrease in the quality of the shells, after all, there were not many chances of running into nibbling targets on the Eastern Front.

And in order to achieve this performance, the prince can relax the weight of the gun to about 10 tons, anyway, this kind of artillery is either transported using a tracked site, and the French can even take a 194mm cannon away in one car, so the Germans have no problem carrying a 210mm howitzer on a tracked site. As for towing artillery, it is not a big problem, if you use a truck, you can tow it separately, if you use a tractor, you can directly tow it as a whole. Anyway, artillery towing that is heavier than this in history can be done, and it is naturally okay to reach this plane.

As for the 150mm long-barreled cannon, there is no need to worry about this problem, the K16 cannon of the Germans in history is almost a product of its own superiority, with a gun weight of 10870kg, an elevation angle of 42 degrees, a muzzle velocity of 757 meters per second, a shell weighing 51.4kg, and a range of up to 22km! This thing is almost invincible when thrown on the Eastern Front, and it is also arrogant when thrown on the Western Front! Throw it into 2 battles can also make do with it. Except for the slightly worse horizontal firing range of only 8 degrees, this gun is almost perfect!

The French M1917 155mm cannon is also a momentary hero, but this gun has a mobile weight of up to 13 tons, a bullet weight of only 43kg, and a range of only 19.5 kilometers. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the elevation angle of this gun is relatively small, only 35 degrees, but in terms of overall performance, it is really inferior to the K16 of the Germans. Among all the non-train guns in France, there is only one gun that can be compared with the K16 in terms of range, and that is the famous M1917 220mm heavy cannon.

This gun can shoot a 101kg shell at a muzzle velocity of 766 meters for 22.8 kilometers. It's also the best among non-train guns. But it's a pity that the gun is too heavy, with a weight of 25.8 tons, which is more than double the weight of the K16! Not a heavyweight in itself, and the chances of running into such a monster on the Eastern Front are slim. So the K16 artillery is enough, and even with a reduced charge, you can hang everything on the Eastern Front. The only problem is the production of this kind of artillery, if we wait until the outbreak of war before mass production, the output will definitely be limited, and such a thing that can be called a strategic weapon needs to be stockpiled in peacetime.

There is also a good artillery in history, that is, the 170mm SKL40 gun that the Germans converted from naval guns. The maximum range of this gun is longer, reaching 24km, but what makes the prince a little embarrassed is that these guns were originally decommissioned and changed from the ship guns on the German former dreadnoughts, and in this plane, the Germans did not get a 170mm secondary main gun, so there is no basis for change, if the prince wants a 170mm long-range cannon, then he can only start from scratch....... This is truly a tragic story.

Then the prince was depressed, and he was considering whether it was really necessary to make a gun that was not very different from the K15, but it was very heavy and highly equipped. If the German Army needed it, even if the Austro-Hungarian Army had this idea, the prince wouldn't mind getting a few doors, but if they didn't have this idea, the prince would have honestly tinkered with the K16.

If the prince is allowed to dominate the Eastern Front, then some large-caliber siege guns are also needed, although the Russians are very poor, but there are fortresses in some positions, and Austria-Hungary will inevitably be equipped with some large-caliber siege artillery, so the prince also intends to introduce a cannon with a very long range for the Bavarian legion, but the power is absolutely terrifying, and such an artillery, the prince also has a target, and its parent is the historical Skoda M11 305mm heavy siege gun.

First of all, the first advantage of this gun is that it is very light, only a little over 20 tons! At the same time, the shell was powerful enough that it used two shells, one of which was a light shell weighing 287 kg, and the other was a heavy shell weighing 382 kg! Moreover, the maximum elevation angle of this gun can reach 70 degrees, so the trajectory is very curved and it is able to hide in anti-slope fortifications. The only thing that is disappointing about this gun is its range, which is about 11.3 kilometers with light shells and 9,600 meters with heavy shells.

But even so, this gun was already better than the same class of siege guns of other countries of the same era, and the French weighed only 14 tons of 16/16 280mm heavy howitzers, which was 4 tons lighter. Firing range 10950 meters. It is between the light bullet and heavy bullet of the Skoda 12-inch gun, but the weight of this gun is too low, the weight of the grenade is only 205kg, and the light bullet of the Skoda 12-inch gun is more than 4% heavier than it!

The British 12-inch siege gun MKIV had a clear advantage in range, with a range of 13,120 meters. The bullet also weighs 340kg. But the problem is that this gun is too heavy, the combat weight is 57915kg! And unlike the Skoda 12-inch gun, which can be transported as a whole. (The base of the Skoda 12-inch siege gun is a four-wheeled vehicle, which can be pulled away by a tractor in front.) The British MKIV siege guns had to be transported in six parts, barrels, brackets, plates, gun carriages, other auxiliary equipment, and a large box of earth.......

That's right, you read that right, it's a big box of dirt! Whenever the gun was moved to a firing position, in addition to erecting the gun, the box had to be filled with earth and fixed to the gun, so much so that the British later equipped each gun with a power rammer ....... What a thing this is. Although this thing could theoretically be transported by road, it was called a "boar on the road" by the British army at the time because it was too big, too heavy and the convoy was too long. By the time of World War II, this kind of artillery continued to participate in the war, but even if the Germans captured these guns, they were too heavy and too large, so they were generally blown up in the old ground, and then scrap iron ...... were recycled.

Therefore, purely from the point of view of siege howitzers, the historical Skoda 12-inch gun is the best choice, although the weight is slightly larger, but it may also be integrated into the tracked chassis. After all, the Frenchman's Schneider 280mm heavy gun used to use the same chassis as the GPF 194mm cannon. In addition to increasing mobility, auxiliary mechanical reloading equipment was installed in the rear of the gun. It helped a lot to increase the rate of fire.

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