Panel placed next to the gun:
Intended for corps artillery groups, 40 kg shell, 6 km range.
The marks on the barrel are those that were regulatory in the Kingdom of Prussia until 1919: Prussian eagle and motto "Pro Gloria et patria", royal monogram laurelled and stamped with the sentence "Ultima ratios regis". The chasing of the muzzle and the edge of the jacket are also regulatory. This cannon, then with its wheels, a trophy from the war, had been placed at the foot of the Monument aux Morts with two machine guns dating from the 1914-1918 war, also on wheels. In July 1941, German soldiers from the German AA stationed at the Salée battery (in the commune of Sainte Marie de Ré) were tasked with recovering these guns (hence the inscription engraved on the side). The gun was towed behind a lorry, but the worn wheels did not resist and the barrel landed in a ditch where it remained until the end of the war.
Recovered in 1945, it returned to its present location.



Germany	10cm K - 10cm Kanone 99				Light artillery

Contributor : Daniel Bruchec Thierry Ilansades (Flickr) Lien vers post du blog		Location : France Sainte Marie de Ré (17) War Memorial Coordinates : Lat : 46.14856 / Long : -1.31114		General comments on this surviving gun : Panel placed next to the gun: Intended for corps artillery groups, 40 kg shell, 6 km range. The marks on the barrel are those that were regulatory in the Kingdom of Prussia until 1919: Prussian eagle and motto "Pro Gloria et patria", royal monogram laurelled and stamped with the sentence "Ultima ratios regis". The chasing of the muzzle and the edge of the jacket are also regulatory. This cannon, then with its wheels, a trophy from the war, had been placed at the foot of the Monument aux Morts with two machine guns dating from the 1914-1918 war, also on wheels. In July 1941, German soldiers from the German AA stationed at the Salée battery (in the commune of Sainte Marie de Ré) were tasked with recovering these guns (hence the inscription engraved on the side). The gun was towed behind a lorry, but the worn wheels did not resist and the barrel landed in a ditch where it remained until the end of the war. Recovered in 1945, it returned to its present location. Identical items in the same location : 1 Items covered by this file : 1


Markings : Nr148 - Spandau 1903		The tube is engraved with arms		These markings have been done by the German soldiers who were in charge to recover the gun in 1941

Historic and technical information
Denomination : 10cm K 99			Origin : ( Krupp)
Historic context : Considering the performances of the 12cm Kanone dated 1880 were becoming insufficient, the 'Kgl Preussische Artillerie Pruefungs Kommission' ('APK') required in 1893 the design of a new gun with improved rate of fire, a better precision, and using the 105mm caliber already in use in the German Navy. Succeeding to the very first guns of this calibre dedicated to the fortress artillery such as the 10.5cm K.i.S.L.appeared as a precusrsor in 1897, Krupp's 10cm K99, met this specification thanks to a long steel barrel of 30 calibers (instead of 23.4 for the 12 cm gun), a vertical sliding block breech mechanism, and the use of fixed ammunitions. It was associated with a rigid high carriage from the same kind than the fortress artillery guns. This gun was not well adapted to the field artillery needs because it needed the use of a platform (to wich the gun could be attached by means of a recoil brake piston), wood wedges under the wheels for the return to position, and also for its relative instability and overweight. But it was a real success considering the range improvement (over 10 km) and rate of fire, making it a good harassment and counter-battery weapon. Despite its replacement by the more modern 10cm K 04 equipped with hydro-mechanical recuperator, this old gun was still in dotation in some units of the FussArtillerie or the FestungsArtillerie at the opening of the war, and used all along the conflict.			Technical data : Complete description : *10cm gun M 1899* Design year : 1899 Calibre : 105.20 mm Weight in firing position : 2640 kg Weight for transportation : 3509 kg - one single load Tube length in calibres : 30.00 (total tube length) Grooves : 32 Projectile weight : 16.1 à 18.75 kg Initial speed : 560 to 551 m/s Fire rate : Range : 10200 to 12700 m Elevation range : -5 / +35 degrees Direction range : none
Sources
German Artillery of World War One Herbert Jager Crowood 2001 http://www.lovettartillery.com/ Ralph Lovett Das Geraet der Schweren Artillerie vor, in und nach der Weltkrieg Herman Schirmer* Bernard und Graefe, Berlin 1937*