8.8 cm SK L/45 naval gun

8.8 cm SK L/45
Anti-aircraft guns on light cruiser Königsberg, 1932
Type	Naval gun Anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1905?—45
Used by	German Empire Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Specifications
Mass	about 2.5 metric tons (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons)
Length	about 4 meters (13 ft 1 in)
Shell	Fixed
Shell weight	9–10 kilograms (20–22 lb)
Caliber	88 millimeters (3.5 in)
Breech	vertical sliding-wedge
Muzzle velocity	650 to 890 m/s (2,100 to 2,900 ft/s)

The 8.8 cm SK L/45 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 45-caliber barrel) was a German naval gun that was used in World War I on a variety of mounts.

Description

The 8.8 cm SK L/45 gun weighed 2.5 metric tons (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons) and had an overall length of about 4 meters (13 ft 1 in). It used a vertical sliding block, or "wedge", as it is sometimes referred to, breech design.

History

During World War I, this gun was used as light artillery on most of the dreadnoughts of the Imperial German Navy. It was also used as an anti-aircraft gun during World War II.

See also

• List of naval guns

References

• Die 8,8 cm Flugzeugabwehrkanone L/45 (8,8 cm Flak. L/45) in 8,8 cm Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/1913 (8,8 cm M.P.L.C./1913). Berlin: E. S. Mittler. 1918. OCLC 635259544.
• Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
• 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.

External links

• SK L/45 at Navweaps.com