Krico Rifle History By Serial Number 187814, the word Krico is also embossed on the barrel, enclosed in an open oval. On other samples, the inscription is not repeated. One of the earliest hallmarks mentioned in the literature belongs to Christie & Sons (Gothenburg, Sweden). On the polished convex side of the case, the word "Cruiserliche Kreuznachwagen" (ship gun) is inscribed with cartridges. Similar stamps, but in the form of two larger rectangles, are on other models of Dutch and Ish. It is likely that the factory used the "D. Kruger" mark as a trademark, although it does not have the right to artistic processing. During the First World War, the team of German ships began to use guns for various purposes and convert old ones from commercial ships into merchant ones. The samples obtained as a result of alterations were called the "gunboat". For the first time in the world, German gunboats were used in combat operations at sea on October 15, 1915 in the Halle region during the battle of Helgoland. However, the maximum rate of fire of these ships did not exceed 6 rounds per minute, and according to some sources, only 2-3 shots. Despite these shortcomings, during the battles, the boats proved to be a very effective combat unit, which predetermined their high importance in modern warfare. The advantage of German gunboats was that they significantly outperformed the gunboats of other countries. The most advanced ship of the Wehrmacht was the battleship "Lützow" (of the type "Braunschweig"), and of all the ships built in Germany, they were the fastest. The only drawback of the heavy ships of that period was their relatively small caliber. Of all the types of ships used in the First World War, only monitors were larger in caliber, which is explained by their exceptional vulnerability in a combat collision with enemy ships. Therefore, the main advantage of the German ships was their high speed. During World War I, several attempts were made to unify the caliber of guns. In 1916, the Krupp-Armstrong-Whitworth society was created, whose tasks included the development of unified 7.7-12.7 mm caliber guns. In 1927, a design and technical department was created at the Krupp plant in Neustadt, whose task was to create a unified caliber that allows the use of large guns on large ships 3e8ec1a487
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