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12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun

Field	Value
name	12.7 cm SK C/34
image	Z 3 Max Schultz aft guns.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Aft guns on Z3 Max Schultz
origin	Nazi Germany
type	Naval gun
Coast-defence gun
is_ranged	yes
is_artillery	yes
service	1934–2003
used_by	Nazi Germany
Norway
Greece
France
wars	Second World War
designer	Rheinmetall
design_date	1930–1934
manufacturer	Rheinmetall
weight	3645 kg
length	5.76 m
part_length	5.43 m (bore)
cartridge	128 x 680mm R
separate-loading, cased charge
cartridge_weight	28 kg
caliber	128 mm
rate	15–18 rpm (maximum)
velocity	830 m/s
max_range	17400 m at 30°
breech	vertical sliding-block
elevation	depends on the mount
traverse	depends on the mount

Coast-defence gun Norway Greece France separate-loading, cased charge

The 12.7 cm SK C/34SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design) was a German medium-caliber naval gun deployed on destroyers from 1934 through the Second World War. Some of these guns remained in service until 2003 in the coastal defense units of Norway. Despite its name the caliber was actually 12.8 cm.

Characteristics

The 12.7 cm SK C/34 was used on the Type 34, Type 36 and Type 36B destroyers as well as the sloop Grille, the training ship Bremse and the torpedo boats Leopard and Luchs. They were also intended for the unbuilt Type 38B destroyers, Type 40 torpedo-boats and the Type XI U-boats. These guns were either mounted on single hand worked MPLC/34 mounts, converted 10.5 cm MPLC/28 mounts or in two twin Drh LC/38 mounts for Type XI U-boats.

The gun could be depressed to -10° and raised to 30°. It had an arc of fire of 360°, meaning that they could rotate a full circle, able to fire at any given point. The gun fired a 28 kg high-explosive shell at a muzzle velocity of 830 m/s to a range of 17400 m.

Eight of the naval guns were also purchased by Greece, intended to be used in the construction of two new Greek Destroyers in 1941. However, the outbreak of the Second World War forced the Greek government to cancel their plans. Instead, the Greeks installed the guns to monitor the Corfu strait during the Greco-Italian War.

Notes

Citations

References

Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WWII'', p.246.
DiGiulian, Tony. (2 August 2016). "Germany 12.7 cm/45 (5") SK C/34". navweaps.com.

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