8.8 cm SK C/31 naval gun

8.8 cm SK C/31
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	Germany
Service history
In service	1933—45
Used by	Nazi Germany
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designed	1931–33
Specifications
Weight	about 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb)
Length	about 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in)
Barrel length	6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in) (bore length)
Shell	Fixed
Shell weight	9–9.4 kilograms (20–21 lb)
Caliber	88 millimeters (3.5 in)
Breech	vertical sliding-block
Muzzle velocity	950 m/s (3,100 ft/s)

The 8.8 cm SK C/31^{[Note 1]} was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.

Description

The 8.8 cm SK C/31 gun weighed 4,255 kilograms (9,381 lb), had an overall length of 6.87 meters (22 ft 6 in) and its bore length was 6.341 meters (20 ft 9.6 in). It used a vertical sliding-block breech design.

Ammunition

• High Explosive (HE)
• Illuminating (ILLUM)

See also

• List of naval guns

Footnotes

Notes

1. SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)

Citations

References

• 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.

External links

• SK C/31 at Navweaps.com