21 cm L/35

21 cm L/35
Type	Naval gun Coastal artillery
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1890–1936
Used by	Argentine Navy Imperial Chinese Navy Royal Danish Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Royal Netherlands Navy
Wars	First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War
Production history
Designer	Krupp
Designed	1886
Manufacturer	Krupp
Produced	1890
Variants	No. 1 and No. 2
Specifications
Mass	No. 1: 13.9 t (15.3 short tons) No. 2: 14.6 t (16.1 short tons)
Length	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Barrel length	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Shell weight	140 kg (310 lb)
Caliber	209.3 mm (8.24 in) 35 caliber
Muzzle velocity	No. 1: 548 m/s (1,800 ft/s) with 43 kg (95 lb) propellant charge No. 2: 580 m/s (1,900 ft/s) with 54 kg (119 lb) propellant charge[1]

The 21 cm L/35 were a family of German naval artillery developed in the years before World War I and used in limited numbers. This gun armed warships of the Argentine Navy, Imperial Chinese Navy, Royal Danish Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy before and after World War I.^[2] It was used in the First Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion and a ship captured by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War was later used in the Russo-Japanese War.