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.

  1. ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p. 232.


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