Talk:15 cm MRK L/30

The name: 15 cm MRK L/30

One of the aspects of the article that took some effort was the naming. All by itself, it would be logical to name the page '15 cm K L/30' as this name was also used by Krupp and the German navy. I chose for the alternative to give the more descriptive name '15 cm MRK L/30'. There were several reasons for this: 1) The L/30 was a Mantel Ring Kanone, just like the shorter 15 cm MRK L/22. If it had been made some years earlier, its name would indeed have been 15 cm MRK L/30. 2) The descriptive name allows the reader to get a quick idea of what the gun was: RK, MRK, or SK. 3) The problem with using only 'K' for a MRK is that K can also mean 'RK' as in 24 cm K L/20.

Another alternative would be to use the name 15 cm Ring Kanone L/30, which this gun had when used by the army. This would sow very much confusion, because the navy designated an MRK always by K or MRK. Speaking of which, the army also had a 15 cm L/30 siege gun, but this was a lot lighter.

In view of the above, I almost named the page '15 cm K L/30'. This would also be OK with me, but it's probably best to first get some more insights about the large collection of Krupp 15 cm guns. Grieg2 (talk) 10:16, 27 July 2024 (UTC)