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10.5 cm SK L/40
A gun salvaged from thelight cruiserKönigsberg and mounted on thegunboatSSGraf von Götzen onLake Tanganyika
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1900—1945
Used by	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designed	about 1898–1900
Specifications
Mass	1,555 kg (3,428 lb)
Length	4.475 m (14 ft 8 in)
Shell	105 x 656 mmFixed QF ammunition
Shell weight	16–17.4 kg (35–38 lb)
Caliber	105 mm (4 in)
Breech	Horizontal sliding-block
Recoil	Hydro-pneumatic
Elevation	-10° to +30°
Traverse	360°
Rate of fire	15 RPM
Muzzle velocity	690 m/s (2,300 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	12,200 m (13,300 yd) at 30°

The10.5 cm SK L/40 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon)L - Länge (with a 40-caliber long barrel) was aGermannaval gun used inWorld War I andWorld War II.

The 10.5 cm SK L/40 gun weighed 1,555 kilograms (3,428 lb), had an overall length of 4.475 m (14 ft 8.2 in). It used a horizontal sliding-blockbreech design.

• Bremen-class
• Dresden-class
• Gazelle-class
• Iltis-class
• Königsberg-class
• SMSCap Trafalgar

• FromKönigsberg:
  • Nr. 369L is on display at theUnion Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa
  • A second is on display atFort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya
  • A third is located on a traffic island in Jinja, Uganda
• FromEmden:
  • A gun is on display atHyde Park, Sydney, Australia
  • A second is located at theRoyal Australian Navy Heritage Centre inHMAS Kuttabul, the main naval base in Sydney
  • A third is on display at theAustralian War Memorial in Canberra
• From theHilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser)Prinz Eitel Friedrich
  • A gun is on display at Memorial Park, Cambridge, NY, United States^[1]

• List of naval guns
• BritishBL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII - firing slightly lighter shell

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_41-40_skc00.php

• 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.

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