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Rural King Supply is a farm supply store based in Mattoon, Illinois, United States.Founded in 1960, as of 2024 the chain has 135 stores in the U.S. states of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Alabama. [1]
The 15 cm Ring Kanone L/26 or Lange 15 cm Ring Kanone was a 15 cm 26 caliber long Krupp Ring Kanone (RK). It was a rifled breech loader built-up gun with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech. It was designed based on the idea that for penetrating armor, it might be more effective to increase the charge then to increase the caliber.
A 24 cm L/22 gun was exhibited by Krupp at the 1876 Centennial Exposition Philadelphia. It was also called a 24 cm gun and had the same absolute length as well as a relative length of L/22, but in fact this was a prototype gun that had a caliber of 240 mm and was configured for using an increased charge and projectiles with copper driving bands.
The 15 cm RK L/22 were on all shifting carriages. [29] There were multiple sliding carriages for the 15 cm RK L/22. The Rahmenlafette c/68 der kz. 15 cm RK für eine Pforte weighed 2,005 kg and had a firing height of 855 mm. The Rahmenlafette c/68 der kz. 15 cm RK für Pfortenwechsel weighed 2,035 kg and also had a firing height of 855 mm. [30]
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The gun that had been tested in December 1875 was exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. While the 35.5 cm MRK L/22.5 made headlines, the much lighter 24 cm gun did not, but it was duely noted by artillery experts. [19] Ona author noted the differences between this gun and the older 24 cm RK L/22.
The other 30.5 cm gun was the showpiece of the Krupp pavilion on the 1 May to 31 October 1873 Vienna World's Fair. [5] The 30.5 cm L/22 gun got extensive media coverage by its appearance on the Vienna fair. Multiple military delegations visited the fair and made reports about the gun.
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