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8.8 cm SK C/31
Type Naval gun
Anti-aircraft gun
Place of originGermany
Service history
In service1933—45
Used by Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Production history
Designed1931–33
Specifications
Massabout 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb)
Lengthabout 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in)
Barrel length6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length)

ShellFixed
Shell weight9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb)
Caliber88 millimeters (3.5 in)
Breechvertical sliding-block
Elevation-10° to +80° [1]
Traverse360°
Muzzle velocity1,060 m/s (3,500 ft/s)
Maximum firing rangeHorizontal: 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.

Description

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]

Ammunition

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:


See also

Footnotes

Notes
  1. ^ SK - SchiffsKanone (Ship Canone); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)
Citations
  1. ^ a b c Campbell, p. 250.
  2. ^ Gröner, p. 60.
  3. ^ Stehr & Breyer 1999, pp. 18–19.

References

  • Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN  0-87021-459-4.
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN  978-0-87021-790-6.
  • Stehr, Werner F.G.; Breyer, Siegfried (1999). Leichte und mitlere Artillerie auf deutschen Kriegsschiffen. Marine-Arsenal (in German). Vol. Sonderheft band 18. Wölfersheim-Berstadt: Podzun Pallas. ISBN  3-7909-0664-6.

Further reading

  • Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939–1945. New York: Doubleday. ISBN  0-385-15090-3.
  • Hogg, Ian V. (1997). German Artillery of World War Two (2nd corrected ed.). Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN  1-85367-480-X.
  • Rolf, Rudi (1998). Der Atlantikwall: Bauten der deutschen Küstenbefestigungen 1940-1945. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN  3-7648-2469-7.
  • Rolf, Rudi (2004). A Dictionary on Modern Fortification: An Illustrated Lexicon on European Fortification in the Period 1800-1945. Middleburg, Netherlands: PRAK.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
8.8 cm SK C/31
Type Naval gun
Anti-aircraft gun
Place of originGermany
Service history
In service1933—45
Used by Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Production history
Designed1931–33
Specifications
Massabout 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb)
Lengthabout 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in)
Barrel length6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length)

ShellFixed
Shell weight9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb)
Caliber88 millimeters (3.5 in)
Breechvertical sliding-block
Elevation-10° to +80° [1]
Traverse360°
Muzzle velocity1,060 m/s (3,500 ft/s)
Maximum firing rangeHorizontal: 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.

Description

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]

Ammunition

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:


See also

Footnotes

Notes
  1. ^ SK - SchiffsKanone (Ship Canone); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)
Citations
  1. ^ a b c Campbell, p. 250.
  2. ^ Gröner, p. 60.
  3. ^ Stehr & Breyer 1999, pp. 18–19.

References

  • Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN  0-87021-459-4.
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN  978-0-87021-790-6.
  • Stehr, Werner F.G.; Breyer, Siegfried (1999). Leichte und mitlere Artillerie auf deutschen Kriegsschiffen. Marine-Arsenal (in German). Vol. Sonderheft band 18. Wölfersheim-Berstadt: Podzun Pallas. ISBN  3-7909-0664-6.

Further reading

  • Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939–1945. New York: Doubleday. ISBN  0-385-15090-3.
  • Hogg, Ian V. (1997). German Artillery of World War Two (2nd corrected ed.). Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN  1-85367-480-X.
  • Rolf, Rudi (1998). Der Atlantikwall: Bauten der deutschen Küstenbefestigungen 1940-1945. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN  3-7648-2469-7.
  • Rolf, Rudi (2004). A Dictionary on Modern Fortification: An Illustrated Lexicon on European Fortification in the Period 1800-1945. Middleburg, Netherlands: PRAK.

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