8.8 cm SK C/32 naval gun

8.8 cm SK C/32
Type Naval gun
Anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin Germany
Service history
In service 1933—45
Used by  Nazi Germany
 Spain
Wars World War II
Production history
Designed 1932–34
Variants SKC/32in
Specifications
Weight 3,640 kilograms (8,020 lb)
Length 6.69 meters (21 ft 11 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°
Traverse 360°
Rate of fire 15-20 RPM
Muzzle velocity 950 m/s (3,100 ft/s)
Maximum firing range Horizontal: 17,200 metres (18,800 yd) at 45°
Vertical: 12,400 metres (40,700 ft) at 80°[1]

The 8.8 cm SK C/32[Note 1] was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.

Description

The 8.8 cm SK C/32 was a gun of modest performance with a shorter chamber which fired a shorter shell. The SK C/32 had a loose one-part barrel with vertical sliding-block breech design. It was designed to replace the older 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns on German light cruisers. It is believed they replaced older 8.8 cm SK L/45 guns in twin Dopp LC/32 mounts on the Königsberg-class cruisers, Leipzig-class cruisers and were original equipment on the Spanish cruiser Navarra. The SK C/32in variant of the gun had a loose two-part barrel with vertical sliding-block and was carried on a modified twin 10.5 cm Dopp LC/37 mounting and was intended for the unbuilt M Class light-cruisers.[2]

Ammunition

Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 15.2 kilograms (34 lb) and was 93.2 centimetres (36.7 in) long. Ammunition Types Available:


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)

References

  • Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
  • 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.


  1. ↑ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
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