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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
The last is typically longer than the foot heel to toe length by 4 ⁄ 3 cm (13.33 mm) to 5 ⁄ 3 cm (16.67 mm), or 2 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Paris points, so to determine the shoe size based on actual foot length one must add 2 Paris points. Because a Paris point is 2 ⁄ 3 of a centimetre, a centimetre is 3 ⁄ 2 Paris points, and the formula is as ...
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).
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 ...
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.
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.
The necessary repairs would have been so time-consuming that it was decided instead to rebuild the ship to replace the nine 28 cm guns with six 38 cm guns in double turrets. The 28 cm guns were removed and used as shore batteries. But in 1943 Hitler issued a stop-work order on the ship.
2 × 15 in (38 cm) 8,000 long tons (8,100 t) 2 × shafts 4 x oil-fired boilers 12 October 1915 2 September 1916 Scrapped July 1946 HMS Terror: 2 × 15 in (38 cm) 8,000 long tons (8,100 t) 2 × shafts 4 x oil-fired boilers 26 October 1915 6 August 1916 Sunk 23 February 1941 off Derna, Libya