Service Data:
In Service: 1941 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Schiffskanone
Calibre: 38 cm
Length: 19.630 m
Weight: kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil: hydro pneumatic
Carriage:
Elevation: -4° to +60°
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
Effective range: 42,000 m
Shell Weight: 800.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Coastal
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 38 cm SK C/34 (38 cm Schiffskanone C/34) these guns were
mounted on the Bismarck class battleship
Bismarck,
Tirpitz
and was also planned as the armament of the O class battlecruisers
and the re-armed Scharnhorst-class warships
Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau
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
