Service Data:
In Service: 1916 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Schiffskanone
Calibre: 283 mm
Length: 11.200 m
Weight: kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage:
Elevation: -5° to +45°
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
Effective range: 29,500 m
Shell Weight: 240.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Coastal
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 28 cm SK L/40 (28 cm Schiffskanone L/40) Originally designed
as a naval guns by
Krupp
and they became the main armament of the Braunschweig and
Deutschland-class Pre-dreadnought battleships Braunschweig,
Hessen, Preußen, Deutschland,
Schlesien,
and
Schleswig-Holstein.
Due to the poor performance of the guns during the Battle
of Jutland it was decided to adapted them for land use. The
28 cm SK L/40 naval guns were continued to be used throughout
World War I as coastal defence batteries and railway guns.
The Heer (Army) used two of those guns during World War II
for coast defence duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest
of the war.
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
For a complete list of
sources
