8.8 cm SK C/32 | |
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Type |
Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun |
Place of origin | Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1933—45 |
Used by |
Nazi Germany Spain |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1932–34 |
Variants | SKC/32in |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3,640 kilograms (8,020 lb) |
Length | 6.69 meters (21 ft 11 in) |
Barrel length | 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length) |
Shell | Fixed |
Shell weight | 9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb) |
Caliber | 88 millimeters (3.5 in) |
Breech | vertical sliding-block |
Elevation | -10° to +80° |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 15-20 RPM |
Muzzle velocity | 950 m/s (3,100 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | Horizontal: 17,200 metres (18,800 yd) at 45° Vertical: 12,400 metres (40,700 ft) at 80° [1] |
The 8.8 cm SK C/32 [Note 1] was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
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. It is believed they replaced older 8.8 cm SK L/45 guns in twin Dopp LC/32 mounts on the Königsberg-class cruisers, Leipzig-class cruisers and were original equipment on the Spanish cruiser Navarra. 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 LC/37 mounting and was intended for the unbuilt M Class light-cruisers. [2]
Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 15.2 kilograms (34 lb) and was 93.2 centimetres (36.7 in) long. Ammunition Types Available: