10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun
The 10.5 cm SK L/40 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 40-caliber long barrel) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
| 10.5 cm SK L/40 | |
|---|---|
 A gun salvaged from the light cruiser Königsberg and mounted on the gunboat SS Graf von Götzen on Lake Tanganyika | |
| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin | German Empire |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1900—1945 |
| Used by | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Wars | World War I World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designed | about 1898–1900 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 1,555 kilograms (3,428 lb) |
| Length | 4.475 meters (14 ft 8.2 in) |
| Shell | Fixed Brass Casing: 105 millimetres (4.1 in) x 656 millimetres (25.8 in) |
| Shell weight | 16–17.4 kilograms (35–38 lb) |
| Caliber | 105 millimeters (4.1 in) |
| Breech | horizontal sliding-block |
| Elevation | -10° to +30° |
| Traverse | 360° |
| Rate of fire | 15 RPM |
| Muzzle velocity | 690 m/s (2,300 ft/s) |
| Maximum firing range | 12,200 metres (13,300 yd) at 30° |
Description
The 10.5 cm SK L/40 gun weighed 1,555 kilograms (3,428 lb), had an overall length of 4.475 m (14 ft 8.2 in). It used a horizontal sliding-block breech design.
Surviving examples
Gun from SMS Königsberg, which served ashore in the East Africa Campaign in World War I, outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
- From Königsberg:
- Nr. 369L is on display at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa
- A second is on display at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya
- A third is located on a traffic island in Jinja, Uganda
- From Emden:
- A gun is on display at Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia
- A second is located at the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre in HMAS Kuttabul, the main naval base in Sydney
- A third is on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
- From the Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) Prinz Eitel Friedrich
- A gun is on display at Memorial Park, Cambridge, United States[1]
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See also
- List of naval guns
- British BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII - firing slightly lighter shell
Notes
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2018-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Sources
- 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.
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