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Ship classes that carried the 15 cm SK L/45 include:
Ship classes that carried the 15 cm SK L/45 include:
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{{columns-list|4|* [[Bremen-class cruiser|Bremen-class]]
* [[Bayern-class battleship|Bayern-class]]
* [[Bremen-class cruiser|Bremen-class]]
* [[Brummer-class cruiser|Brummer-class]]
* [[Brummer-class cruiser|Brummer-class]]
* [[Coln-class cruiser|Coln-class]]
* [[Derfflinger-class battlecruiser|Derfflinger-class]]
* [[Graudenz-class cruiser|Graudenz-class]]
* [[Graudenz-class cruiser|Graudenz-class]]
* [[Helgoland-class battleship|Helgoland-class]]
* [[Kaiser-class battleship|Kaiser-class]]
* [[Kolberg-class cruiser|Kolberg-class]]
* [[Kolberg-class cruiser|Kolberg-class]]
* [[König-class battleship|Konig-class]]
* [[Konigsberg-class cruiser (1915)|Konigsberg-class]]
* [[Mackensen-class battlecruiser|Mackensen-class]]
* [[Magdeburg-class cruiser|Magdeburg-class]]
* [[Magdeburg-class cruiser|Magdeburg-class]]
* [[Moltke-class battlecruiser|Moltke-class]]
* [[Nassau-class battleship|Nassau-class]]
* [[Pillau-class cruiser|Pillau-class]]
* [[Pillau-class cruiser|Pillau-class]]
* [[Wiesbaden-class cruiser|Wiesbaden-class]]
}}
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Ship classes'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Ship classes'''
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| rowspan="4"| Single pedestal mounts in casemates||MPL C/06||{{convert|15770|kg|lb}}||-7° to +20°||{{convert|14900|m|yd}}||Nassau, Helgoland, Kaiser, von der Tann, Moltke, Blücher
| rowspan="4"| Single pedestal mounts in casemates||MPL C/06||{{convert|15770|kg|lb}}||-7° to +20°||{{convert|14900|m|yd}}||[[Nassau-class battleship|Nassau]], [[Helgoland-class battleship|Helgoland]], [[Kaiser-class battleship|Kaiser]], [[SMS Von der Tann|von der Tann]], [[Moltke-class battlecruiser|Moltke]], [[SMS Blücher|Blücher]]
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| |MPL C/06.11||{{convert|16533|kg|lb}}||-10° to +19°||{{convert|13500|m|yd}}||König, Seydlitz, Derfflinger
| |MPL C/06.11||{{convert|16533|kg|lb}}||-10° to +19°||{{convert|13500|m|yd}}||[[König-class battleship|König]], [[SMS Seydlitz|Seydlitz]], [[Derfflinger-class battlecruiser|Derfflinger]], [[SMS Lützow|Lutzow]]
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| |MPL C/13||{{convert|17950|kg|lb}}||-8.5° to +19||{{convert|13500|m|yd}}||Bayern, Hindenburg, Mackensen
| |MPL C/13||{{convert|17950|kg|lb}}||-8.5° to +19||{{convert|13500|m|yd}}||[[Bayern-class battleship|Bayern]], [[SMS Hindenburg|Hindenburg]], [[Mackensen-class battlecruiser|Mackensen]]
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| |MPL C/13 mod||{{convert|18350|kg|lb}}||-8.5° to +22||{{convert|15800|m|yd}}||Wartime modification to MPL C/13
| |MPL C/13 mod||{{convert|18350|kg|lb}}||-8.5° to +22||{{convert|15800|m|yd}}||Wartime modification to MPL C/13
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| rowspan="3"| Single pedestal mounts in open half-shields||MPL C/14||{{convert|16185|kg|lb}}||-10° to +22°||{{convert|15800|m|yd}}||Wiesbaden, Königsberg II
| rowspan="3"| Single pedestal mounts in open half-shields||MPL C/14||{{convert|16185|kg|lb}}||-10° to +22°||{{convert|15800|m|yd}}||[[Wiesbaden-class cruiser|Wiesbaden]], [[Königsberg-class cruiser (1915)|Königsberg II]]
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| |MPL C/16||{{convert|17116|kg|lb}}||-10° to +27°||{{convert|16800|m|yd}}||Cöln II, Emden
| |MPL C/16||{{convert|17116|kg|lb}}||-10° to +27°||{{convert|16800|m|yd}}||[[Cöln-class cruiser|Cöln II]], [[SMS Emden (1916)|Emden II]]
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| |MPL C/16 mod||||-10° to +30||{{convert|17600|m|yd}}||wartime modification to MPL C/16
| |MPL C/16 mod||||-10° to +30||{{convert|17600|m|yd}}||wartime modification to MPL C/16

Revision as of 01:04, 6 March 2017

15 cm SK L/45
Gun salvaged from SMS Bremse, at the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, Hoy, Orkney
TypeNaval gun
Railroad gun
Coast-defence gun
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1908—45
Used byGermany
WarsWorld War I, World War II
Production history
DesignerKrupp
Designed1906—08
ManufacturerKrupp
Specifications
Barrel length6.71 metres (20 ft)
Shellseparate-loading, case charge
Caliber149.1 millimetres (5.87 in)
Breechhorizontal sliding-wedge
Recoilhydro-spring
Muzzle velocity840 metres per second (2,800 ft/s)

The 15 cm SK L/45[Note 1] was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

The 15 cm SK L/45 was a widely used naval gun on many classes of World War I Dreadnoughts and Cruisers in both casemates and turrets. In World War II the 15 cm SK L/45 was widely used on German Auxiliary Cruisers.

Ship classes that carried the 15 cm SK L/45 include:

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15 cm SK L/45 Mounts[1]
Type of Mount Designation Weight Elevation Range (during World War I) Ship classes
Single pedestal mounts in casemates MPL C/06 15,770 kilograms (34,770 lb) -7° to +20° 14,900 metres (16,300 yd) Nassau, Helgoland, Kaiser, von der Tann, Moltke, Blücher
MPL C/06.11 16,533 kilograms (36,449 lb) -10° to +19° 13,500 metres (14,800 yd) König, Seydlitz, Derfflinger, Lutzow
MPL C/13 17,950 kilograms (39,570 lb) -8.5° to +19 13,500 metres (14,800 yd) Bayern, Hindenburg, Mackensen
MPL C/13 mod 18,350 kilograms (40,450 lb) -8.5° to +22 15,800 metres (17,300 yd) Wartime modification to MPL C/13
Single pedestal mounts in open half-shields MPL C/14 16,185 kilograms (35,682 lb) -10° to +22° 15,800 metres (17,300 yd) Wiesbaden, Königsberg II
MPL C/16 17,116 kilograms (37,734 lb) -10° to +27° 16,800 metres (18,400 yd) Cöln II, Emden II
MPL C/16 mod -10° to +30 17,600 metres (19,200 yd) wartime modification to MPL C/16

Ammunition

It used 45.3 kilograms (100 lb) 15 cm Spgr L/4.1 HE shells with a bursting charge weight between 3.9 kilograms (8.6 lb) and 4.09 kilograms (9.0 lb), depending on how the shell was fuzed.

Coast Defense Gun

15 cm SK L/45 coastal artillery gun at Nordarnøy, Gildeskål, Norway
Rear view of the above pictured gun

The same gun was used for coast defense duties in concrete emplacements after World War I. One example was 3./Marine-Artillerie Abteilung 604 ("3rd Battery of Naval Artillery Battalion 604") in Jersey.[2] They show it using 44 kilograms (97 lb) shells with a range of 18,000 metres (20,000 yd)

Railroad Gun

Main article: 15 cm SK "Nathan"

It was also used as a railroad gun during World War I.

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

Footnotes

Notes
  1. ^ SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber)
Citations
  1. ^ from NavWeaps
  2. ^ Gander and Chamberlain, p. 266

References

  • 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.
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