8.8 cm SK C/32 gun
The 8.8 cm SK C/32 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
8.8 cm SK C/32 gun
Marine-Gruppenkommando West · Dokument: Marine-Gruppenkommando West, Lichtbilder der Batterien (M. A. A. 282, 284 und M. Fl. A. 812) · Public domain
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- 8.8 cm SK C/32
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- naval artillery · anti-aircraft gun · rifled breech loader
- Region
- Nazi Germany
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• Name — 8.8 cm SK C/32 • Origin — Germany • Type — Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun • Is Ranged — y • Is Explosive — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1933−45 • Used By — Nazi Germany Spain • Wars — World War II • Design Date — 1932−34 • Variants — SKC/32in • Weight — 3640 kg • Length — 6.69 m • Part Length — 6.341 m (bore length) • Cartridge — Fixed • Cartridge Weight — 9 - • Caliber — 88 mm • Rate — 15-20 RPM • Velocity — 950 m/s • Max Range — Horizontal: 17200 m at 45° Vertical: 12400 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 15.2 kg and was 93.2 cm long. Ammunition Types Available: • High Explosive (HE) - 9 kg • Illumination (ILLUM) - 9.4 kg
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The 8.8 cm SK C/32 was a gun of modest performance with a shorter chamber which fired a shorter shell. The SK C/32 had a loose one-part barrel with vertical sliding-block breech design. It was designed to replace the older 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns on German light cruisers. The SK C/32in variant of the gun had a loose two-part barrel with vertical sliding-block and was carried on a modified twin 10.5 cm Dopp L C/37 mounting and was intended for the unbuilt M-class cruiser. All three of the s and the light cruiser had their single mount 8.8 cm SK L/45 replaced with the 8.8 cm SK C/32 mounted in C/32 twin mounts (Doppel Lafette or abbreviated Dopp. L). The light cruiser and the heavy cruiser were equipped with this gun when being built. It was also original equipment on the Spanish cruiser Navarra.
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- 1.Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
- 2.SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)
- 3.Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Gander, Terry. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939–1945. Doubleday. 1979. 0-385-15090-3.
- Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. Stackpole Books. 1997. 1-85367-480-X.
- Rolf, Rudi. Der Atlantikwall: Bauten der deutschen Küstenbefestigungen 1940-1945. Biblio. 1998. 3-7648-2469-7.
- Rolf, Rudi. A Dictionary on Modern Fortification: An Illustrated Lexicon on European Fortification in the Period 1800-1945. PRAK. 2004.
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