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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) |
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| 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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