"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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Keith Willshaw wrote:



H'mm. the references I have all list the FK 16 n/A (neuer Art.) used in
WW2
as 7.5 cm (75mm), but I suppose this could be one of those situations
where
the caliber was changed in name but not in fact. I wonder how many were
still
around and in use in WW2. It seems unlikely that any were issued to
front-line divisions, as there seem to have been enough FH 18s (or even
rechambered Russian 76.2mms) for them.

Guy


The caliber of the FK16 was changed in fact, the FK16 n/A was built from
1934 with new barrels to replace the 77mm FK 16's which were left over
from WW1 but in 1939 some 300 examples of the older gun were apparently
still in service being largely phased out by 1942. I'll agree that
few if any front line units would be so equipped and they seem mostly
to have been used for training.

Keith

Robert Nelson of the US 3rd Division wrote that at Anzio (he was there)
they used a captured "German 77" as an anti-tank weapon because they were
more effective than "our 57s."
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Cheers.