| 8.8 cm SK C/32 | |
|---|---|
| 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° |
The 8.8 cm SK C/32 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.
Description
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 Königsberg-class cruisers and the light cruiser Leipzig 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 (German: Doppel Lafette or abbreviated Dopp. L). The light cruiser Nürnberg and the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer were equipped with this gun when being built. It was also original equipment on the Spanish cruiser Navarra.
Ammunition
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:
- High Explosive (HE) - 9 kg (20 lb)
- Illumination (ILLUM) - 9.4 kg (21 lb)
See also
Footnotes
- SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)
References
- Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- Stehr, Werner F.G.; Breyer, Siegfried (1999). Leichte und mitlere Artillerie auf deutschen Kriegsschiffen. Marine-Arsenal (in German). Vol. Sonderheft band 18. Wölfersheim-Berstadt: Podzun Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0664-6.
Further reading
- Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939–1945. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-15090-3.
- Hogg, Ian V. (1997). German Artillery of World War Two (2nd corrected ed.). Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 1-85367-480-X.
- Rolf, Rudi (1998). Der Atlantikwall: Bauten der deutschen Küstenbefestigungen 1940-1945. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 3-7648-2469-7.
- Rolf, Rudi (2004). A Dictionary on Modern Fortification: An Illustrated Lexicon on European Fortification in the Period 1800-1945. Middleburg, Netherlands: PRAK.
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- Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
- ^ Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251.
- Stehr & Breyer 1999, pp. 19.