Krupp field gun and Krupp mountain gun of 75mm M/98
Hi
This are other Krupp guns used by South American armies, and so I have read in the forums are not well known in the world.
I did not seen anyone name them specifically, only once I saw a reference of such weapons 1898. But the number of guns is preserved was shows a very important purchase.
As I said in my last post, they were the political response of Chile to the purchase of the Krupp Model 1898 75mm guns by the Argentine government.
As in the case of the 70mm Krupp, these also used the same type of breech block Leitwell system.
Cañón Krupp de campaña de 75mm (L28?) M/98
There are many preserved in avenues, museums and as Gate Guardian, but certainly one of the most seen is the located on the terrace of the Torreon de la Batería Santa Lucia (Castillo Hidalgo) - Cerro Santa Lucia- Santiago - Chile, now it is known as "El Mirador".
This one is seen in the photos. And it is of the year 1902.
It was used for "El Tiro", bicentennial event where a cannon is fired daily from the Tower at 12 am (in downtown the city of Santiago) and only was discontinued twice, the last was by the earthquake of 2010, but in 2012 he resumed its service.
It has now been replaced by a 75mm L30.Krupp - 1910
Torreón de la Batería Santa Lucía (Castillo Hidalgo)- ahora se lo conoce como “El Mirador”.
The gun is inside the tower and shoots by one of the windows
In an old photo of the web is seen this same cannon just before the shot, and through the window are seen some multistory buildings in the city of Santiago
As is seen in this photo, the cannon had the possibility to correct the aiming in elevation and direction and its carriage is almost the same as the Krupp cannon 75mm / L28 Mod. Argentine 1898.
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The Krupp M / 98 they had a brake system recoil spring and plowshare very similar to that of the Argentine guns 1898, although the spring was located over the plow (see photos).
El Regimiento de Infantería Nº 2(1) “Arica” de la Serena
(Actual Regimiento de Infanteria N° 21 "Coquimbo")
Thanks for posting the photos and article. I was not aware of this Krupp export type. It looks quite a lot like the German service 7,7cm lFK 1896 before it was rebuilt as a recoiling gun and re-designated as 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A. The 7,5cm in your article also has some features of the 9cm Kanone C/1873.
Surely the Argentine and Chilean Krupp guns were developments of the 7.7cm Feldkanone C / 96 but differed in three of its components (besides its gauge).
• The FK96 had a breech block of two movements (breech block Krupp 1896), the Chileans and Argentines had breech block of one movement (Leitwell and Maxim-Nordenfelt)
• The FK96 used a system Recoil was limited by a wire rope brake and a trail spade. The South Americans used the spring system and plow.
• The Argentine and Chilean guns used over carriage, the FK96 no.
The mountain Krupp 75mm M / 98 had the barrel (slightly shorter) and breech block cannon equal to the M / 98 field gun, but his carriage looked more like the mountain cannon Krupp 70mm M / 94
Cañones Krupp de montaña 75mm M/98 en el Morro de Arica
They were equal to Krupp 75 mm Mountain Gun M1896that he bought Spain, and the only difference was that the Spanish cannon used a breech Krupp original, and Chile used, as all M / 98, a Leitwell breech block
But these mountain guns (M / 94 and M / 98) were not equal
Also had differences in their size and his overall appearance
In the next picture you see them together and you can notice those differences
Differences between Krupp 70 mm M / 94 (behind) and Krupp 75mm M / 98 (ahead)
I find it incredible that with all the documentation referred to, including that related to Krupp factory, no one has ever mentioned these two models of cannons, the Mod.94 and the Mod.98 (that they are so common in Chile), and only have referred to the Krupp L30 75mm guns Model 1910 .
