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{{Infobox Weapon
|name= 
|image=[[Image:Flak 38 01.jpg|300px|]] 
|caption=A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade 
|origin={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]] 
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|is_ranged=yes
|is_artillery=yes
<!-- Service history -->
|service=1937-1945 
|used_by={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|wars=[[World War II]]
<!-- Production history -->
|designer=Rheinmetall 
|design_date=1933
|manufacturer=Rheinmetall 
|unit_cost=
|production_date=1936-1945
|number=Approx 2,000
|variants=
<!-- General specifications -->
|spec_label=Flak 39
|weight=10,224 kg (22,540 lbs)
|length=6.648 m (22 ft)
|part_length=5.547 m (18 ft)
|width=
|height=
|diameter=
|crew=
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
|cartridge=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 
|action= 
|rate= 
|velocity=881 m/s (2,890 ft/s)
|range=17,600 m (19,247 yds) ground target<br> 9,450 m (31,003 ft) effective ceiling
|max_range=11,400 m (37,401 ft) maximum ceiling 
|feed= 
|sights= 
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
|breech=Horizontal semi-automatic sliding block
|recoil=Hydropneumatic
|carriage=
|elevation=-3 to +85
|traverse=360
}}

[[Image:German 105 mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|250px|right|thumb|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==
*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_41-65_skc33.htm 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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[[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of Germany]]
[[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
[[Category:World War II German guns]]
[[Category:105 mm artillery]]

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