By Lasse Jensen

Last updated 08 June 2002

8cm Kanon vzor 1930
 

General


Designer


8cm Kanon vzor 1930, without wheels

Original Manufacture Skoda, Czechoslovakia
Original Manufacture name 8cm Kanon vz. 1930


Is this a license build gun? no


License Manufacture ~
Customer Aim Domestic military
Prototype naming
Indented country naming Czech, 8cm kanon vz. 1930
Naming variants Germany -'8cm FK 30(t)'
reversion models
Licenses build variants
Export variants


Nature of weapon Field gun
Introduction date
First action date
Production time
Production number
Crew

Gun dimension


Caliber, bore 80mm ((?)76.5mm)

Caliber, length/bore
Muzzle brake
Recoil system
Breech mechanism
Barrel length (all) 
Barrel length (ex breech)
Barrel weight (all)
Weight (firing position)
Weight (traveling order) (?)3.950kg
Length (firing position)
Length (traveling order)
Width (firing position)
Width (traveling order)
Height (firing position)
Height (traveling order)
Ground Clearance (towing)

Gun performers

   

Traverse Right
Traverse Left
Elevation
Depression
Ammunition types 7.3kg -HE
Maximum Range 12.500m -HE
Muzzle velocity 630m/s -HE
Rate of Fire - 30s ~
Rate of Fire - 4m ~12-20 rounds
Rate of Fire - 10m ~
Rate of Fire - 1h, sustained ~

Carriage

   

Name
Variants
Shield yes
Weight
Wheels (if any) yes
Tyres (if any) no

Towing vehicle

   

Primary type
Trailer

 

History
Under construction
More Pictures
8cm vz. 1930        
       
36th Inf Division Memorial Park, Brownwood, TX, USA        


References: 
The Atlantikwall website.
Additional web resources.
Various web notes.

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