C64 (field gun)
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C64 (sometimes C/64) steel, breach loaded field gun (8cm caliber, 4 pound projectile) was one one main artillery pieces of the Prussians in the 1870-1871 war with France
. It was superior to the French counterparts in every way: accuracy, rate of fire and range.
The C64 was the sole gun of the horse artillery units. Each unit comprised three batteries, each battery was equipped with six C64 guns, for a total of eighteen guns per unit. The foot artillery units had an equal mixture of C64 and the heavier C67 (six pounder gun).
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...
C64 (sometimes C/64) steel, breach loaded field gun (8cm caliber, 4 pound projectile) was one one main artillery pieces of the Prussians in the 1870-1871 war with France
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
. It was superior to the French counterparts in every way: accuracy, rate of fire and range.
The C64 was the sole gun of the horse artillery units. Each unit comprised three batteries, each battery was equipped with six C64 guns, for a total of eighteen guns per unit. The foot artillery units had an equal mixture of C64 and the heavier C67 (six pounder gun).
