The 8.8 cm SK C/30 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II. The SK C/30 guns were intended for smaller warships such as submarine chasers and corvettes.

Description

The SK C/30 had a barrel and breech end-piece with a half-length loose liner and a vertical sliding breech block. The SK C/30 guns were mounted on a hand-operated MPLC/30 mounting that had a total weight of including a shield and a fuze-setting machine. However they were significantly lighter than the older 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns. Captured guns from the Chinese National Revolutionary Army was reverse engineered in 1938 by the Imperial Japanese Army and introduced as Type 99 88 mm AA gun.

8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun

Ammunition

Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed , with a projectile length of was fired. Ammunition Types Available: Armour Piercing (AP) - High Explosive (HE) - High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) - Illumination (ILLUM) -

8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun

See also

List of naval guns

Notes

Citations

References

External links

SK C/30 at Navweaps.com

88 mm artillery

Naval guns of Germany

World War II anti-aircraft guns

Anti-aircraft guns of Germany

Naval anti-aircraft guns

World War II naval weapons

Military equipment introduced in the 1930s

8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun