Krupp 87mm field gun M.

1873

Bulgarian designation : 8,7-см далнобойно полско оръдие “Круп”

Romanian designation : Tunurile de 9 model 1875

Krupp designation : 9cm Feldkanone C/73

Calibre : 87mm L/24

Weight of the barrel : 487 kg

Weight of the breech-block : 29 kg

Weight of the carriage : 490 kg

Weight in action : 965 kg

Weight of the limber : 480 kg (empty) – 830 kg (loaded)

Weight in marching order : 1445 (empty) – 1795 kg (loaded)

Weight of the ammo wagon : 1980 kg

Barrel length : 2.1 m

Length of the bore : 1875 mm

Barrel grooves number : 24

depth : 1.25 mm

width : 8.40 mm

Battering charge : 1.5 kg of black powder (Grobkörniges Art.-Pulver)

Common shell length : 2.5 calibres

weight : 6.355 kg – charge: 190 g

fuze : 105 g

max. range : 5200 m

muzzle velocity : 465 m/s

Shrapnel weight : 7.15 kg – charge: 170 g of black powder

180 bullets x 15 g

max. range : 4000 m

muzzle velocity : 425 m/s

Case shot weight : 6.18 kg - 82 balls

max. range : 400 m

Length of the line of sight : 1000 mm

Elevation : + 24° / + 8°

Track : 1.528 m

Transport : drawn by six horses

Ammunition : carriage – 1 case shot

limber - 20 shell, 10 shrapnel, 2 case shots
ammunition wagon - 55 shell, 30 shrapnel, 2 case
shots, 90 charges
8 ammunition wagons for every battery

Remarks :
Turkish slow firing steel guns, Broadwell wedge breech mechanism with an expanding
steel obturation ring. The first Balkan country that adopted this gun was Romania, buying
in 1874 8 batteries to equip 3rd and 4th artillery regiments. In 1875 Turkey bought from
Krupp 100 of these guns. The Russian Army captured some of these guns in 1877-78 and
delivered 18 of them to the Bulgarian Army.