28 cm SK L/40 gun
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The 28 cm SK L/40 was a German naval gun that was used in World War I and World War II as the main armament of the Braunschweig- and Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts.
Forward Drh.L. C/01 turret of the Deutschland
Profile drawing of the 28 cm SK L/40 gun in the naval mounting
A SK L/40 gun on a coastal defense mount in Belgium
Side view of a "Bruno" and its crew in 1918
SMS Schlesien
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SMS Schlesien was one of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the German province of Silesia, Schlesien was lai
28 cm SK L/40 gun
…was about 2 rounds per minute. The Treaty of Versailles allowed the Germans to retain four pre-dreadnoughts, although only two, Schleswig-Holstein and Schlesien, were rearmed with their original 28 cm SK L/40 guns. The former fired the first shots of World War II when she began bombarding Polish defenses on the…
Schlesien before World War I
Schlesien in the Panama Canal in 1937
Schlesien fires at Hel Fortified Area.
Schlesien (background) and Schleswig-Holstein (right side-foreground) in Westerplatte following the occupation of the port