The sFH 18 was one of Germany's three main 15 cm calibre weapons, the others being the 15 cm Kanone 18, a corps-level heavy gun, and the 15 cm sIG 33, a short-barreled infantry gun.

The 15 cm SK C/28 [Note 1] was a German medium-caliber naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the secondary armament for the Bismarck class and Scharnhorst-class battleships, Deutschland-class cruisers and the Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers.

The 15 cm TbtsK C/36 was a German medium-caliber naval gun deployed on Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers during the Second World War. It was designed because the Oberkommando der Marine (German Naval High Command) thought that the 12.7 cm (5.0 in) guns of the Type 1936 and 1936A destroyers would potentially be inferior to those of possible enemies.

15 cm/55 (5.9") mounts on Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. The weapons at a 40 degree angle are 10.5 cm/65 (4.1") SK C/33 AAA. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 97507. This weapon was used on the German Panzerschiffes and Battleships in both twin and single mounts and was considered to be quite successful.

15 cm/45 Gun on battleship Ostfriesland. NARA Archives picture, courtesy of Peter Lienau. A good, reliable weapon used as secondary armament on battleships and battlecruisers as well as on most cruisers built during World War I. Some pre-war cruisers were rearmed with these weapons during the war.

Mar 22, 2021 · The 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 (sFH 18) became the standard 149mm howitzer for German Army divisions of World War 2 (1939-1945). The weapon was originally developed to be horse-drawn (as all German artillery at the time was) but was later modified to be towed by mechanized means.

The 15 cm (5.9") was the standard caliber used on most German capital ships and cruisers since the turn of the century. The capital ships used this gun size as their secondary weapons whereas the light cruisers and the "Narvik" class destroyers had these as their main weapons.

The 15 cm sIG 33 (schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33, lit. "heavy infantry gun") was the standard German heavy infantry gun used during Second World War. It was the largest weapon ever classified as an infantry gun by any nation.

The 15 cm SK C/28 [Note 1] was a German, medium-caliber, naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the secondary armament for the Bismarck class and Scharnhorst -class battleships, Deutschland -class cruisers and the Graf Zeppelin -class aircraft carriers.

Unless otherwise noted, all data below is for the Krupp guns. All German 15 cm guns had an actual bore diameter of 14.91 cm (5.87 in).

The 15 cm SK C/25[Note 1] was a German medium-caliber naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the primary armament for the Königsberg class and Leipzig -class cruisers. No surplus weapons of this type appear to have been used as coast-defense guns.

The 15-cm sFH 18 heavy field howitzers were mounted on Geschützwagen III/IV chassis, creating a new weapon more commonly known as Hummel self-propelled artillery. Finland purchased 48 of these artillery pieces in 1940 and used them under the designation 150 H/40.

German naval gun: 15 cm S.K.C/28. This type of gun was put up in many various types of gun carriages. This particular gun is placed in a coastal artillery carriage, model 1936, Küst MPL C/36.

This weapon was used on light cruisers built in the 1920s and 1930s and was slightly more powerful than the 15 cm guns used on battleships and destroyers. The Germans considered this weapon to be too heavy and powerful for any other 15 cm (5.9") application.

The Škoda 15 cm K10 was a naval gun of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was used by the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I. The gun was actually 149.1 mm, but the classification system for artillery rounded up to the next highest centimeter.

The Type 5 15 cm anti-aircraft gun (五式十五糎高射砲, Go-shiki jyūgo-senchi Koshahō) was a large caliber anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.The Type 5 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2605 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1945 in the Gregorian calendar. [1]

The 15 cm Kanone 18 (15 cm K 18) was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War. In 1933 Rheinmetall began development of a new artillery piece to fulfill a German Army requirement for a replacement of the aged 15 cm Kanone 16, with the first production units received in 1938.

The Type 96 15 cm howitzer (九六式十五糎榴弾砲, Kyūroku-shiki Jyūgo-senchi Ryūdanhō) was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.It was intended to replace the Type 4 15 cm howitzer in front line combat units from 1937, although it fired the same ammunition. [6] It was first used in the Sino-Japanese War where in …

The Škoda 15 cm M 14 was developed and built at the Škoda Works in Pilsen. Like other guns of the time it had two crew seats mounted on the Gun shield. It broke down into two loads for transport. The M 14 was modified to improve elevation and range as well as to strengthen the carriage as the M 14/16. [1]

The Type 89 15 cm cannon (八九式十五糎加農砲, Hachikyūshiki Jyūgosenchi Kanōhō) was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army's heavy artillery units. The Type 89 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2589 of the Japanese calendar (1929). [4] It was widely used from the Manchurian Incident to the end …