38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
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The 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun was developed by Germany in the late 1930s. It armed the Bismarck-class battleships and was planned as the armament of the O-class battlecruisers and the re-armed Scharnhor
38 cm turret of Batterie Vara, Kristiansand, Norway
38 cm shell from Tirpitz found in the Ullsfjorden in Norway
Model of the 38 cm SK C/34 emplacement at Hanstholm
Bismarck-class battleship
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The Bismarck class was a pair of fast battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The ships were the largest and most powerful warships built for the
38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
…The 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun was developed by Germany in the late 1930s. It armed the Bismarck-class battleships and was planned as the armament of the O-class battlecruisers and the re-armed Scharnhorst-class battleships. Six twin-gun mountings were…
Bismarck underway near Blankenese in 1940
The French battleship Richelieu in Dakar in 1940; the Bismarck-class battleships were ordered to counter Richelieu
Recognition drawing prepared by the US Navy
Bismarck in drydock, showing the three-shaft arrangement