Ballistic data of the 87mm Krupp gun

 

 

Range

Lateral deviation

Angle

of elevation

Angle

of descent

Time

of flight

Remaining velocity

metres

 

 

 

seconds

m/s

 

0

0

 

 

 

460

500

½

25’

54’

1. 14

377

1000

1

24’

13’

2.57

329

1500

2

32’

56’

4.16

296

2000

3

52’

01’

6.06

268

2500

4

27’

38’

8.41

246

3000

5

18’

11° 49’

11.12

227

3500

7

27’

15° 46’

14.16

212

4000

9

11° 58’

20° 11’

17.31

201

4500

11 ½

14° 50’

25° 09’

20.57

193

5000

14

18° 10’

30° 26’

24.22

189

5500

16 ½

21° 56’

36° 09

28.16

189

6000

19

26° 36’

43° 14’

32.24

193

6500

21 ½

33° 23’

52° 39’

36.40

206

6800

23

40° 00’

60° 10’

39.95

217

 

SOURCE :

Bulgarian Tables for fire with 8.7 cm high-powered field gun

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