5 cm SK L/40 gun

The 5 cm SK L/40 gun^{[Note 1]} was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

Service

The 5 cm SK L/40 gun was primarily used as a anti-torpedo boat gun aboard avisos, corvettes,^[2] gunboats,^[3][4] protected cruisers,^[5] submarines, torpedo boats^[6] and unprotected cruisers. It was used by the navies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany, Belgium^[7] and The Netherlands.^[8][9]

Ship classes that carried the 5 cm SK L/40 include:

• A-class torpedo boats
• Type UB II submarines
• S90-class torpedo boats
• Irene-class cruisers

See also

• List of naval guns
• 5.2 cm SK L/55 naval gun

Notes

1. ↑ SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber)

Bibliography

• Campbell, John (2002). Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4. 
• Reichs-Marine-Amt, ed. (1898). Die 5 cm Schnelllade-Kanone L/40 in Torpedoboots-Laffete C/92 und ihre Munition, nebst Vorschriften für die Behandlung und Bedienung. E. S. Mittler. OCLC 461072478. 
• Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines, and ASW Weapons of All Nations: An Illustrated Directory. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1848321007. 

External links

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