The 8.8 cm SK C/30SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design) 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.Campbell, Naval Weapons of WWII, p.251. Captured guns from the Chinese National Revolutionary Army were reverse engineered in 1938 by the Imperial Japanese Army and introduced as Type 99 88 mm AA 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) -
See also List of naval guns
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SK C/30 at Navweaps.com