8.8 cm SK L/35 naval gun

8.8 cm SK L/35
8.8 cm SK L/35
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1904—45
Used by	German Empire; Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I; World War II
Production history
Designed	1900–04
Specifications
Length	about 3.08 meters (10 ft 1 in)
Shell	Fixed
Shell weight	9.65–9.8 kilograms (21.3–21.6 lb)
Caliber	88 millimeters (3.46 in)
Breech	horizontal sliding-wedge
Rate of fire	12 RPM
Muzzle velocity	620 m/s (2,000 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	8,790 metres (9,610 yd) at 25°

The 8.8 cm SK L/35 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 35-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/35 gun had an overall length of about 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in). It used the Krupp horizontal sliding block, or "wedge", as it is sometimes referred to, breech design.

Naval service

The 8.8 cm SK L/35 was a widely used naval gun on many classes of World War I battleships, cruisers and torpedo boats in both casemates and turrets. Its primary use on battleships and cruisers was as an anti-torpedo boat gun, while on torpedo boats it was their secondary armament.

Ship classes that carried the 8.8 cm SK L/35 include:

Notes

^ Friedman, N. (2011). Naval weapons of World War One. p. 276

References

Reichs-Marine-Amt, ed. (1908). Bedienungsvorschrift für die 8,8 cm Schnellade-Kanone L/35 in Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/1901. Berlin: E. S. Mittler. OCLC 252060650.
Reichs-Marine-Amt, ed. (1907). Bedienungsvorschrift für die 8,8 cm Schnellade-Kanone L/35 in Mittel-Pivot-Lafette C/1901 auf Torpedobooten. Berlin: E. S. Mittler. OCLC 252061398.
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.