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The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 (7.7 cm FK 16) was a field gun used by Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. Surviving examples in German service were rebarreled postwar as the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
7.5 cm FK 16 nA

The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber....
 (neuer Art) [new model].

The older 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.

7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. The gun combined a gun barrel of the earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage....
 field gun was very mobile, but once the war settled into trench warfare its lack of range became a serious disadvantage. The FK 16 was intended to remedy this problem. The barrel was lengthened, it was given a box carriage to allow for greater elevation and hence range increased.






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The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 (7.7 cm FK 16) was a field gun used by Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. Surviving examples in German service were rebarreled postwar as the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA
7.5 cm FK 16 nA

The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber....
 (neuer Art) [new model].

The older 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.

7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. The gun combined a gun barrel of the earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage....
 field gun was very mobile, but once the war settled into trench warfare its lack of range became a serious disadvantage. The FK 16 was intended to remedy this problem. The barrel was lengthened, it was given a box carriage to allow for greater elevation and hence range increased. It was also given separate-loading ammunition to reduce powder consumption and barrel wear at short ranges, although this had the drawback of reducing the rate of fire compared to the older gun.

It was a bit prematurely rushed into production in 1916 and early guns suffered from a number of defects, mainly stemming from the German use of substitute materials to reduce consumption of strategic metals. It also suffered from a large number of premature detonations of its shells during 1916. These were traced to poor quality control of its shells, which were sometimes too large in diameter and problems with the picric acid
Picric acid

Picric acid is the chemical compound more formally called 2,4,6-trinitrophenol . This, a yellow crystalline solid, is one of the most acidic phenols....
 used as high explosive filler in lieu of TNT
Trinitrotoluene

Trinitrotoluene , or more specifically, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H23CH3....
. The picric acid would form very sensitive picric salts within days of filling the shells and would often detonate from the shock of firing. Lacquering the insides of the shells and spraying them with a turpentine/starch solution neutralized the picric acid and prevented it from forming picric salts.

The barrel of this gun was mounted on the carriage of the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09
10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09

The 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 was a howitzer used by Germany in World War I. It was originally built by Rheinmetall as the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98, an old-fashioned, fixed-recoil weapon, but was redesigned by Krupp between 1902 and 1904 with a new recoil mechanism and a new carriage that it would later contribute to the 7.7 cm FK 16 and the...
 as the 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette
7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette

The 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It consisted of the barrel of the 7.7 cm FK 16 mounted on the carriage of the 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 in an attempt to get more elevation and range than the old 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.....
 to allow it greater elevation and range. Belgium modified the guns it received as post-war reparations as the Canon de 75 mle GP11
Canon de 75 mle GP11

The Canon de 75 mle GP11 was a field used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 gun carriages received as reparations after World War I....
 and the Canon de 75 mle GP111
Canon de 75 mle GP111

The Canon de 75 mle GP111 was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition....
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