15 cm SK L/45

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

Naval service

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. It was constructed of an A tube and two layers of hoops with a Krupp horizontal sliding-wedge breech block. During World War I a few pre-war cruisers that were armed with 10.5 cm guns were rearmed with these weapons. In World War II the 15 cm SK L/45 was widely used as coastal artillery and as primary armament on German auxiliary cruisers.

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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 Script error: No such module "convert". −7° to +20° Script error: No such module "convert". at 20° Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".es, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".
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MPL C/13 mod Script error: No such module "convert". −8.5° to +22 Script error: No such module "convert". at +22 Wartime modification to MPL C/13
Single pedestal mounts in open half-shields MPL C/14 Script error: No such module "convert". −10° to +22° Script error: No such module "convert". at +22 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".
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MPL C/16 mod −10° to +30 Script error: No such module "convert". at +30 wartime modification to MPL C/16

Ammunition

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The gun was able to fire:

Coast defense gun

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15 cm SK L/45 coastal artillery gun at Nord-Arnøya, Gildeskål Municipality, Norway
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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 Script error: No such module "convert". shells with a range of Script error: No such module "convert".

Railroad gun

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See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

Footnotes

Notes

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  1. SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber)

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Citations

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  1. from NavWeaps
  2. Gander and Chamberlain, p. 266

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References

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External links

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