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28 cm SK C/28 naval gun

Field	Value
name	28 cm SK C/28
image	Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0421-500, Panzerschiff "Deutschland", Adolf Hitler.jpg
caption	Adolf Hitler and other senior German staff below the aft guns of in April 1934
origin	Weimar Republic
type	Naval gun
is_artillery	yes
service	1930-1945
used_by	Reichsmarine
Kriegsmarine
wars	World War II
design_date	1928
weight	48.2 t
length	14.815 m
part_length	13.9 m (bore length)
caliber	283 mm
rate	2.5 RPM
velocity	910 m/s
max_range	36475 m at 40°
elevation	-10° to +40°

Kriegsmarine The German 28 cm C/28SK – Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C – Construktionsjahr (year of design) was a 283 mm 52-caliber built-up gun designed in 1928 and used on the 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
	Semi-armor-piercing	4.2	300 kg
	Igniting	4.2	300 kg
SK C/34	Armor-piercing	4.4	336 kg
	Semi-armorpiercing	4.4	316 kg
	Igniting	4.5	315 kg

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

Distance	Shooting angle[deg]	Shell hitting angle[deg]	Shell velocity at target
5000 m	10000 m	15000 m	20000 m
1.9	4.5	8.0	12.5
2.4	6.0	11.8	21.4
752 m/s	611 m/s	493 m/s	407 m/s

Footnotes

Notes

Citations

References

Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WWII'', p. 232.
Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm

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