5 cm SK L/40 | |
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Type | Naval gun |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1892-1945 |
Used by |
German Empire Nazi Germany Belgium The Netherlands |
Wars |
World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1892 |
Produced | 5 cm SK L/40 - 1892 5 cm Tbts KL/40 - 1913 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 240 kg (530 lb) |
Length | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Barrel length | 1.83 m (6 ft) L/40 caliber |
Shell | Fixed QF 52 x 333R [1] |
Shell weight | 1.75 kg (3.9 lb) |
Caliber | 50 mm (2 in) |
Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge |
Elevation | -5° to +20° |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 10 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 656 m/s (2,150 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) at +20° [2] |
The 5 cm SK L/40 gun [Note 1] was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
The 5 cm SK L/40 gun was primarily used as an anti-torpedo boat gun aboard avisos, corvettes, gunboats, protected cruisers, submarines, torpedo boats, and unprotected cruisers. It was used by the navies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
Ship classes that carried the 5 cm SK L/40 include:
5 cm SK L/40 | |
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Type | Naval gun |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1892-1945 |
Used by |
German Empire Nazi Germany Belgium The Netherlands |
Wars |
World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1892 |
Produced | 5 cm SK L/40 - 1892 5 cm Tbts KL/40 - 1913 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 240 kg (530 lb) |
Length | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Barrel length | 1.83 m (6 ft) L/40 caliber |
Shell | Fixed QF 52 x 333R [1] |
Shell weight | 1.75 kg (3.9 lb) |
Caliber | 50 mm (2 in) |
Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge |
Elevation | -5° to +20° |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 10 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 656 m/s (2,150 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) at +20° [2] |
The 5 cm SK L/40 gun [Note 1] was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
The 5 cm SK L/40 gun was primarily used as an anti-torpedo boat gun aboard avisos, corvettes, gunboats, protected cruisers, submarines, torpedo boats, and unprotected cruisers. It was used by the navies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
Ship classes that carried the 5 cm SK L/40 include: