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Gonzalez Hontoria de 28 cm mod 1883 Spain: 1883 – 1920s 283 mm (11.1 in) 283 mm kanon M/12 (Bofors 28,3 mm naval gun L/45 model 1912) Sweden: World War I - World War II 283 mm (11.1 in) 28 cm MRK L/35 German Empire: World War I 283 mm (11.1 in) 28 cm MRK L/40 German Empire: World War I 283 mm (11.1 in) 28 cm SK L/40 gun German Empire
38 cm SK C/34 naval gun - World War II Bismarck-class battleship; 38 cm SK L/45 naval gun - World War I Bayern-class battleship; 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun - World War I; 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun - World War II Scharnhorst-class battleship; 28 cm SK C/28 naval gun - World War II Deutschland-class cruiser; 28 cm SK L/50 gun - World War I; 28 cm SK L/45 ...
38 cm shell from Tirpitz found in the Ullsfjorden in Norway. Four types of shells were used by the 38 cm SK C/34, although the Siegfried-Granate could only be used by the coastal defense versions. Almost 40 percent lighter, this shell could be fired with a reduced charge at 920 metres per second (3,000 ft/s) out to 40 kilometres (44,000 yd).
The previous 28 cm gun was the SK C/28 used on the Deutschland class. The Scharnhorst class received an improved version of the SK C/28 which had a longer barrel—the SK C/34. The 283 mm SK C/34 gun was relatively fast loading, compared with other armament of this size. It could deliver a shot every 17 seconds.
He therefore acquiesced to the ships' being armed with 28.3 cm guns, with the provision that they be upgunned to 38 cm at the earliest opportunity. The 38 cm turret was eventually used in the Bismarck-class battleships. [13] A plan to upgrade Gneisenau with 38 cm guns was proposed in 1942 while she was under repair, which also required ...
Sturmtiger (German for 'Assault Tiger') was a World War II German assault gun built on the Tiger I chassis and armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. The official German designation was Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61.
2 cm – approximate width of an adult human finger; 2.54 cm – 1 inch; 3.08568 cm – 1 attoparsec; 3.4 cm – length of a quail egg [112] 3.5 cm – width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography; 3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [113] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [114]
The 38.1 cm/45 Model 1926 naval gun, also known as the Vickers-Armstrong 38.1 centimetres (15.0 in) Mark B, was originally intended to form the armament of the Brazilian battleship Riachuelo. Eighteen of the guns were subsequently purchased by Spain for use as coastal artillery.