8.8 cm SK C/31 | |
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Type |
Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1933—45 |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1931–33 |
Specifications | |
Mass | about 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb) |
Length | about 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in) |
Barrel length | 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length) |
Shell | Fixed |
Shell weight | 9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb) |
Caliber | 88 millimeters (3.5 in) |
Breech | vertical sliding-block |
Elevation | -10° to +80° [1] |
Traverse | 360° |
Muzzle velocity | 1,060 m/s (3,500 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | Horizontal: 17,800 metres (19,500 yd) at 45° Vertical: 13,300 metres (43,600 ft) at +80° [1] |
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 [Note 1] was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 gun weighed 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb), had an overall length of 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in) and its bore length was 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in). It used a vertical sliding-block breech design. The gun was normally mounted on the twin gun carriage (Doppel Lafette) C/31, the mount plus guns weighed 27,300 kilograms (27.3 t). The Doppel Lafette C/31 mount was later modified to carry the 10.5 cm SK C/33 naval gun. Useful life expectancy was fairly short 1,500 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel. [1] Six 8.8 cm SK C/31 were briefly installed on the new heavy cruiser (Panzerschiff) Deutschland, replacing its three obsolete 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns, though in 1940 these were replaced with six 10.5 cm C/33 L/65 guns. [2] [3]
Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 18.5 kg (41 lb), with a projectile length of 1,227.5 mm (48.33 in) was fired. Ammunition Types Available:
8.8 cm SK C/31 | |
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Type |
Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1933—45 |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1931–33 |
Specifications | |
Mass | about 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb) |
Length | about 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in) |
Barrel length | 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length) |
Shell | Fixed |
Shell weight | 9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb) |
Caliber | 88 millimeters (3.5 in) |
Breech | vertical sliding-block |
Elevation | -10° to +80° [1] |
Traverse | 360° |
Muzzle velocity | 1,060 m/s (3,500 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | Horizontal: 17,800 metres (19,500 yd) at 45° Vertical: 13,300 metres (43,600 ft) at +80° [1] |
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 [Note 1] was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 gun weighed 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb), had an overall length of 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in) and its bore length was 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in). It used a vertical sliding-block breech design. The gun was normally mounted on the twin gun carriage (Doppel Lafette) C/31, the mount plus guns weighed 27,300 kilograms (27.3 t). The Doppel Lafette C/31 mount was later modified to carry the 10.5 cm SK C/33 naval gun. Useful life expectancy was fairly short 1,500 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel. [1] Six 8.8 cm SK C/31 were briefly installed on the new heavy cruiser (Panzerschiff) Deutschland, replacing its three obsolete 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns, though in 1940 these were replaced with six 10.5 cm C/33 L/65 guns. [2] [3]
Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 18.5 kg (41 lb), with a projectile length of 1,227.5 mm (48.33 in) was fired. Ammunition Types Available: