10.5 cm FlaK 38

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File:Flak 38 01.jpg
A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade
Type Anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin 23x15px Nazi Germany
Service history
In service 1937-1945
Used by 23x15px Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer Rheinmetall
Designed 1933
Manufacturer Rheinmetall
Produced 1936-1945
Number built Approx 2,000
Specifications (Flak 39)
Weight 10,224 kg (22,540 lbs)
Length 6.648 m (22 ft)
Barrel length 5.547 m (18 ft)

Shell 105 × 769 mm. R
Caliber 105 mm (4.13 in)
Barrels One, 36 grooves with right-hand increasing twist from 1/48 to 1/36
Breech Horizontal semi-automatic sliding block
Recoil Hydropneumatic
Elevation -3 to +85
Traverse 360
Muzzle velocity 881 m/s (2,890 ft/s)
Effective range 17,600 m (19,247 yds) ground target
9,450 m (31,003 ft) effective ceiling
Maximum range 11,400 m (37,401 ft) maximum ceiling
File:German 105 mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun.jpg
Two views of a Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun.

The 10.5 cm SK C/33 was a German anti-aircraft gun used during World War II by the Kriegsmarine on a number of their larger capital ships. It was later adapted for Luftwaffe as a competitor to the famed 8.8 cm FlaK 18 as the 10.5 cm FlaK 38. In this role it proved to be too heavy for field use while having roughly similar performance as the 88, so was used primarily in static mounts. An improved version replacing the electrical gunlaying with a mechanical system was also introduced as the 10.5 cm FlaK 39.

References

  • German 10.5 cm/65 (4.1") SK C/33
  • Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. 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, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
  • Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X

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