15 cm SK L/40 naval gun

15 cm SK L/40 SMS Wolf 15 cm gun AWM P05338.179.jpg 300 A 15 cm SK L/40 gun aboard the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Wolf circa. 1916–18 German Empire Naval gun Coast-defence gun y yes yes 1898—1945 German EmpireAustria-HungaryThe NetherlandsNazi GermanyPortugal World War IWorld War II Krupp 1897 Krupp No.2, No.3, No.4, No.5Krupp 15 cm L/40 K94Škoda 15 cm L/40 K96 4460 kg lb us on 6 m ftin us on 5.4 m ftin us on Separate-loading, cased charge 149.1 mm in us 4-5 rpm 800 m/s ft/s us on 13.7 km mi us on at 20°. horizontal sliding breech block -7° to +20° -150° to +150° The 15 cm SK L/40SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber) was a German naval gun that was used as secondary armament on pre-dreadnought battleships, protected cruisers and armored cruisers of the Imperial German Navy in World War I. It was also used as a coast-defence gun during World Wars I and II. Construction The 15 cm SK L/40 gun was constructed of A tube, two layers of hoops and used a Krupp horizontal sliding-wedge breech block. It used separate loading metallic cased propellant charges and projectiles. Unlike other large naval guns of the time which used separate loading bagged charges and projectiles, this gun used charges inside of a brass cartridge case to provide obturation. The guns were often mounted in single casemates or single turrets amidships. In addition to guns produced for the Imperial German Navy comparable export models were produced for the Royal Netherlands Navy and produced under license by Škoda for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Export ModelsNo.2No.3No.4No.5Krupp 15 cm L/40 K94Škoda 15 cm L/40 K96UsersNetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlandsAustria-HungaryAustria-HungaryWeight4420 kg lb on4850 kg lb on5200 kg lb on4880 kg lb on4500 kg lb on4500 kg lb onRifling Length4.4 m ftin on4.8 m ftin on5.5 m ftin on4.6 m ftin on4.6 m ftin on4.6 m ftin onMuzzle Velocity680 m/s ft/s on680 m/s ft/s on850 m/s ft/s on745 m/s ft/s on690 m/s ft/s on690 m/s ft/s on Naval Use Ship classes that carried the 15 cm SK L/40 include: 18em German: Kaiser Friedrich III battleship 1 Prinz Adalbert cruiser 1 Roon cruiser 1 Scharnhorst cruiser 1 Victoria Louise cruiser 1 Wittelsbach battleship 1 Kaiserin Augusta Greif 1914 6 Möwe 1914 6 Wolf 1916 6 German submarine Deutschland 2 Austrian: Habsburg battleship 1 Monarch coastal defense ship 1 Kaiser Karl VI Sankt Georg Dutch: Holland cruiser 1 No. 2 and No. 3Marine 1915 468 Koningin Regentes coastal defense ship 1 No. 4Marine 1915 466 HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp 6 No. 5Marine 1915 466 HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 1906 6 No. 5Marine 1915 466 HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën 1909 6 No. 5Marine 1915 466 Ottoman: Avnillah ironclad 1 Ottoman ironclad Asar-i Tevfik 2 Ottoman ironclad Feth-i Bülend 2 China: Haiyung class protected cruiser Ammunition Ammunition was of separate loading quick fire type. The projectiles were 39-46.5 cm ft on 1 long with a cartridge case and bagged charge which weighed 10 kg lb on. The gun was able to fire: Armor Piercing 51 kg lb on High Explosive Base Fuzed 45 kg lb on High Explosive Nose Fuzed 45 kg lb on Common Shell Nose Fuzed 45 kg lb onWorld War I Ammunition See also thumb|right|Gun plan for a field mounting List of naval guns Battery Lothringen 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. 15 cm K (E) QF 6 inch /40 naval gun British equivalent, firing slightly heavier shell 6"/40 caliber gun US equivalent, firing slightly heavier shell Notes Note Citations References Reichs-Marine-Amt Reichsmarineamt Bedienungsvorschrift für die 15 cm Schnellade-Kanone L/40 in 15 cm Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/97 in Einzelkasematte E. S. Mittler Berlin 1909 252061246 Reichs-Marine-Amt Reichsmarineamt Bedienungsvorschrift für die 15 cm Schnellade-Kanone L/40 Nr. 617,618 und 619 in 15 cm Minimalscharten-Lafette C/1902 E. S. Mittler Berlin 1909 252061267 Campbell John Naval Weapons of World War Two Conway Maritime Press London 2002 0-87021-459-4 Naval Weapons of World War One Friedman Norman Seaforth 2011 978-1-84832-100-7 Barnsley, UK Gander Terry Chamberlain, Peter Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939–1945 Doubleday New York 1979 0-385-15090-3 Hogg Ian V. Ian V. Hogg German Artillery of World War Two Stackpole Books Mechanicsville, PA 1997 2nd corrected 1-85367-480-X Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Marine Algemeen Overzicht der Schepen en Vaartuigen van Oorlog 1915 465–489 https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB16:003507001:00007 Marine 1915 Rolf Rudi Der Atlantikwall: Bauten der deutschen Küstenbefestigungen 1940-1945 Biblio 1998 Osnabrück 3-7648-2469-7 Rolf Rudi A Dictionary on Modern Fortification: An Illustrated Lexicon on European Fortification in the Period 1800-1945 PRAK 2004 Middleburg, Netherlands Schmalenbach Paul German Navy Large Bore Guns Operational Ashore During World War I Warship International 1983 XX 2 123–153 0043-0374 External links 15 cm SK L/40 at Navweaps.com Category:150 mm artillery Category:Naval guns of Germany Category:Krupp naval guns Category:World War I naval weapons Category:World War I artillery of Germany Category:World War II artillery of Germany Category:Coastal artillery