10.5 cm SK L/45 naval gun

10.5 cm SK L/45
The gun from the submarine SM UB-91, displayed as a memorial at Chepstow in Wales
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1907—1945
Used by	German Empire  Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designed	about 1906–1907
Specifications
Weight	1,450 kilograms (3,200 lb)
Length	4.725 meters (15 ft 6.0 in)
Shell	Fixed
Shell weight	17.4 kilograms (38 lb)
Caliber	105 millimeters (4.1 in)
Breech	horizontal sliding-block
Muzzle velocity	710 m/s (2,300 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	12,700 metres (13,900 yd)

The 10.5 cm SK L/45 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 45-caliber barrel) was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II and was the successor of the older 10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun.

Description

The 10.5 cm SK L/45 gun weighed 1,450 kilograms (3,200 lb), had an overall length of 472.5 cm (15 ft 6 in). It used a horizontal sliding-block breech design.

Gallery

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  Gun, partly obscured, from submarine SM U-98, at Imperial War Museum, London

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  Gun breech, in Malta

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  Gun from SM U-19 in Bangor

See also

• List of naval guns

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

• QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun Approximate British equivalent firing slightly lighter shell
• 4"/50 caliber gun Approximate US equivalent, firing slightly lighter shell at higher velocity

Notes

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 L/45 at Navweaps.com