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28 cm SK C/28 naval gun

28 cm SK C/28
Adolf Hitler and other senior German staff below the aft guns of Deutschland in April 1934
TypeNaval gun
Place of originWeimar Republic
Service history
In service1930-1945
Used byReichsmarine
Kriegsmarine
WarsWorld War II
Production history
Designed1928
Specifications
Mass48.2 tonnes (47.4 long tons)
Length14.815 m (48 ft 7.3 in)
Barrel length13.9 m (46 ft) (bore length)
Caliber283 mm (11.1 in)
Elevation-10° to +40°[1]
Rate of fire2.5 RPM
Muzzle velocity910 m/s (3,000 ft/s)
Maximum firing range36,475 m (22.665 mi) at 40°

The German 28 cm C/28[Note 1] was a 283 mm 52-caliber built-up gun designed in 1928 and used on the Deutschland class cruisers.

History

28 cm SK C/28 naval gun were used on the famous Panzerschiffes - Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. For needed elevation turrets were fitted with RPC.

Shells used in the guns were of inferior ballistic characteristics when compared to successor 28 cm SK C/34.

Characteristics

Characteristics of SK C/28 and the later SK C/34 283 mm shells are in the table below:

Gun type Shell type Length(calibers) Total weight
SK C/28 Armor-piercing 3.7 300 kg (660 lb)
Semi-armor-piercing 4.2 300 kg (660 lb)
Igniting 4.2 300 kg (660 lb)
SK C/34 Armor-piercing 4.4 336 kg (741 lb)
Semi-armorpiercing 4.4 316 kg (697 lb)
Igniting 4.5 315 kg (694 lb)

Performance of the SK C/28 at different ranges, firing a 300 kg armour-piercing projectile :[2]

Distance 5,000 m (5,500 yd) 10,000 m (11,000 yd) 15,000 m (16,000 yd) 20,000 m (22,000 yd) 25,000 m (27,000 yd) 30,000 m (33,000 yd) 35,000 m (38,000 yd) 36,475 m (39,890 yd)
Shooting angle[deg] 1.9 4.5 8.0 12.5 18.6 26.3 36.4 40.0
Shell hitting angle[deg] 2.4 6.0 11.8 21.4 34.2 46.4 56.0 -
Shell velocity at target 752 m/s (2,470 ft/s) 611 m/s (2,000 ft/s) 493 m/s (1,620 ft/s) 407 m/s (1,340 ft/s) 360 m/s (1,200 ft/s) 353 m/s (1,160 ft/s) ? -

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ SK – Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C – Construktionsjahr (year of design)

Citations

  1. ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p. 232.
  2. ^ Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 28 cm/52 SK C/28.
  • DiGiulian, Tony (13 October 2006). "German 28 cm/52 (11") SK C/28". Navweaps.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  • Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
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