28 cm SK L/40 gun

28 cm SK L/40
Forward Drh.L. C/01 turret of the Deutschland
TypeNaval gun
Coast-defence gun
Railway gun
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1904–1945.[1]
Used byGerman Empire
Ottoman Empire
Nazi Germany
WarsWorld War I
World War II
Production history
DesignerKrupp
Designed1902[1]
ManufacturerKrupp
Produced1902?–1906?[a][1]
Specifications
Mass45.3 metric tons (44.6 long tons; 49.9 short tons)
Length11.2 meters (36 ft 9 in)
Barrel length10.401 meters (34 ft 1.5 in) (bore length)

Shellseparate-loading, cased charge
Shell weight240–284 kilograms (529–626 lb)
Caliber283 millimeters (11.1 in)
Breechhorizontal sliding-wedge
Muzzle velocity740 to 820 m/s (2,400 to 2,700 ft/s)

The 28 cm SK L/40[Note 1] was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II as the main armament of the Braunschweig- and Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts.

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