8.8 cm SK C/31 gun
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
8.8 cm SK C/31 gun
- Name
- 8.8 cm SK C/31
- Field
- anti-aircraft gun, naval artillery and rifled breech loader.
- Region
- Nazi Germany.
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The 8.8 cm SK C/31 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
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• Name — 8.8 cm SK C/31 • Origin — Germany • Type — Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun • Is Ranged — y • Is Explosive — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1933—45 • Used By — Nazi Germany • Wars — World War II • Design Date — 1931–33 • Weight — about 4255 kg • Length — about 6.87 m • Part Length — 6.341 m (bore length) • Cartridge — Fixed • Cartridge Weight — 9 - • Caliber — 88 mm • Velocity — 1060 m/s • Max Range — Horizontal: 17800 m at 45° Vertical: 13300 m at +80° • Breech — vertical sliding-block • Elevation — -10° to +80° • Traverse — 360°
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Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 18.5 kg, with a projectile length of 1227.5 mm was fired. Ammunition Types Available: • High Explosive (HE) - 9 kg • Illumination (ILLUM) - 9.4 kg
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The 8.8 cm SK C/31 gun weighed 4255 kg, had an overall length of 6.87 m and its bore length was 6.341 m. It used a vertical sliding-block breech design. The gun was normally on the twin gun carriage (Doppel Lafette or abbreviated Dopp. L) C/31, the mount plus guns weighed 27300 kg. The C/31 mount was later modified to carry the 10.5 cm SK C/33 naval gun. Useful life expectancy was fairly short 1,500 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel. Only the heavy cruiser (Panzerschiff) Deutschland received the gun, six 8.8 cm SK C/31 were briefly installed, replacing its three obsolete 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns, though in 1940 these were again replaced with six 10.5 cm C/33 L/65 guns. Other German capital ships were equipped with a new version of the 8.8 cm gun, the 8.8 cm SK C/32 naval gun which used a shorter shell and were also mounted in a slightly modified carriage, the C/32 which had a slightly larger pivot mount.
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8.8 cm SK C/31 gun is classified as an anti-aircraft gun, naval artillery or rifled breech loader. Associated with Nazi Germany. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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