28 cm SK L/50 gun

28 cm SK L/50
Preserved barrel from SMS Seydlitz damaged during the Battle of Jutland in 1916
TypeNaval gun
Coast-defence gun
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1911—1945
Used byGerman Empire
Nazi Germany
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
WarsWorld War I
World War II
Production history
DesignerKrupp
Designed1909—11
ManufacturerKrupp
Produced1911—1915?
Specifications
Mass41.5 metric tons (40.8 long tons; 45.7 short tons)
Length14.15 m (46 ft 5 in)
Barrel length13.421 m (44 ft 0.4 in) (bore length)

Shellseparate-loading, cased charge
Shell weight284–302 kg (626–666 lb)
Caliber283 millimeters (11.1 in)
Breechhorizontal sliding-wedge
Muzzle velocity880–895 m/s (2,890–2,940 ft/s)

The 28 cm SK L/50 was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II.[Note 1] Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after World War I.
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