8.8 cm SK C/31 naval gun

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8.8 cm SK C/31
TypeNaval gun
Anti-aircraft gun
Place of originGermany
Service history
In service1933—45
Used byNazi Germany
WarsWorld 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°[2]

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 Dopp LC/31, the mount plus guns weighed 27,300 kilograms (27.3 t). The Dopp LC/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.[3] The 8.8 cm SK C/31 was briefly deployed on the Cruiser Lutzow. Lutzow's anti-aircraft battery originally consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns, though in 1935 these were replaced with six 8.8 cm SK C/31 guns and in 1940, the 8.8 cm guns were removed, and six 10.5 cm L/65 guns were fitted.[4]

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:

  • High Explosive (HE) - 9 kg (20 lb)
  • Illumination (ILLUM) - 9.4 kg (21 lb)


See also[]

Footnotes[]

Notes
  1. ^ SK - SchiffsKanone (Ship Canone); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)
Citations
  1. ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.250.
  2. ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.250.
  3. ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.250.
  4. ^ Gröner, p. 60.

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.
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6.

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