5 cm SK L/40 gun

5 cm SK L/40
A 5 cm SK L/40 gun on a center pivot mount.
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.

Service[]

The 5 cm SK L/40 gun was primarily used as an anti-torpedo boat gun aboard avisos, corvettes,^[3] gunboats,^[4][5] protected cruisers,^[6] submarines, torpedo boats^[7] and unprotected cruisers. It was used by the navies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany, Belgium^[8] and The Netherlands.^[9][10]

Ship classes that carried the 5 cm SK L/40 include:

• A-class torpedo boats
• Type UB II submarines
• S7-class torpedo boats
• S66-class torpedo boats
• G88-class torpedo boats
• S90-class torpedo boats
• Irene-class cruisers

See also[]

• List of naval guns
• 5.2 cm SK L/55 naval gun

Notes[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
• Reichs-Marine-Amt, ed. (1898). Die 5 cm Schnelllade-Kanone L/40 in Torpedoboots-Laffete C/92 und ihre Munition, nebst Vorschriften für die Behandlung und Bedienung. E. S. Mittler. OCLC 461072478.
• Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines, and ASW Weapons of All Nations: An Illustrated Directory. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1848321007.

External links[]

• http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_5cm-40_skc93.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/netherlands/nl_dd_g1.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_a1.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_u13.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_ub18.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/netherlands/nl_dd_ophir.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_d1.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_u5.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/belgium/be_dd_a1.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_s67.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_oth_tsingtau.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_cr_carola.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_g132.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_d5.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_u3.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_u17.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_u9.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_cr_irene.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_dd_g108.htm
• http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_oth_wolf.htm

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