28 cm SK L/40 gun
< 28 cm SK L
| 28 cm SK L/40 | |
|---|---|
Forward Drh.L. C/01 turret of the Deutschland | |
| Type | Naval gun Coast-defence gun Railway gun |
| Place of origin | German Empire |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1904–1945. |
| Used by | German Empire Ottoman Empire Nazi Germany |
| Wars | World War I World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Krupp |
| Designed | 1902 |
| Manufacturer | Krupp |
| Produced | 1902?–1906? |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 45.3 metric tons (44.6 long tons; 49.9 short tons) |
| Length | 11.2 meters (36 ft 9 in) |
| Barrel length | 10.401 meters (34 ft 1.5 in) (bore length) |
| Shell | separate-loading, cased charge |
| Shell weight | 240–284 kilograms (529–626 lb) |
| Caliber | 283 millimeters (11.1 in) |
| Breech | horizontal sliding-wedge |
| Muzzle velocity | 740 to 820 m/s (2,400 to 2,700 ft/s) |
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The 28 cm SK L/40 was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II as the main armament of the Braunschweig- and Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts.