8.8 cm SK C/31 naval gun

The 8.8 cm SK C/31 was a German naval gun that was used in World War II.

Description
The 8.8 cm SK C/31 gun weighed 4255 kg, had an overall length of 6.87 m and its bore length was 6.341 m. It used a vertical sliding-block breech design. The gun was normally mounted on the twin gun carriage (Doppel Lafette) C/31, the mount plus guns weighed 27300 kg. The Doppel Lafette C/31 mount was later modified to carry the 10.5 cm SK C/33 naval gun. Useful life expectancy was fairly short 1,500 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel. Six 8.8 cm SK C/31 were briefly installed on the new heavy cruiser (Panzerschiff) Deutschland, replacing its three obsolete 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns, though in 1940 these were replaced with six 10.5 cm C/33 L/65 guns.

Ammunition
Fixed type ammunition with and without tracer, which weighed 18.5 kg, with a projectile length of 1227.5 mm was fired. Ammunition Types Available:
 * High Explosive (HE) - 9 kg
 * Illumination (ILLUM) - 9.4 kg