The German 28 cm C/28
[SK - ''Schnelladekanone'' (quick loading cannon); ''C - Construktionsjahr'' (year of design)] was a 283 mm 52-
caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matc ...
built-up gun A built-up gun is artillery with a specially reinforced barrel. An inner tube of metal stretches within its elastic limit under the pressure of confined powder gases to transmit stress to outer cylinders that are under tension.Fairfield (1921) p. ...
designed in 1928 and used on the cruisers.
History
Characteristics
Characteristics of SK C/28 and the later SK C/34 283 mm shells are in the table below:
Performance of the SK C/28 at different ranges, firing a 300 kg armour-piercing projectile :
[Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm]
See also
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List of naval guns
List of Naval Guns by country of origin in decreasing caliber size
List of naval guns by caliber size, all countries
Naval anti-aircraft guns
See also
* List of artillery
* List of the largest cannon by caliber
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28 cm SK C/34 naval gun
The German 28 cm SK C/34SK - ''Schnelladekanone'' (quick loading cannon); ''C - Construktionsjahr'' (year of design) naval gun was a 283 mm 54.5-caliber built-up gun designed in 1934 used on the and for the planned ''Landkreuzer'' P ...
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