Artillerie Prüfungskommission

It was responsible for answering technical questions, testing the quality of new artillery materiel, and executing experiments.

In 1808, the Prussian Artillery was reorganized and put under the command of Prince August of Prussia.

On 17 March 1809, King Frederick William III ordered the establishment of a special commission for Artillery affairs.

The government also wanted Gerhard von Scharnhorst to become in involved, but he declined because of having too much work.

The Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) consistited of senior Prussian officers.

In 1871, it consisted of: The president; Those who were members on account of their office; The Feuerwerksmeister of the Artillery; The director of the Spandau gun foundry; The first teacher of the united artillery and engineering schools; and some special appointees.

The Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) played a significant role in the development of the Prussian (Krupp) rifled breechloading field guns, which were so important during the 1870/1 Franco-Prussian War.

The APK was also important in promoting the development of the German naval guns.

In 1886 the APK started large scale exercises against a mock fortress target made after Prussian and French examples.

In alphabetic order Between 1893 and 1895 the military construction office Berlin VII headed by the Geheimen Oberbaurates Bernhardt and the architect Josef Wieczorek[19] built a new office for the APK on what was then named Kaiserallee, and is now named Bundesallee.