8.8 cm SK L/35 naval gun

The 8.8 cm SK L/35 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 35-caliber barrel) was a German naval gun that was used in World War I on a variety of mounts.

Description
The 8.8 cm SK L/35 gun had an overall length of about 3.08 m. It used the Krupp horizontal sliding block, or "wedge", as it is sometimes referred to, breech design.

Naval service
The 8.8 cm SK L/35 was a widely used naval gun on many classes of World War I battleships, cruisers and torpedo boats in both casemates and turrets. Its primary use on battleships and cruisers was as an anti-torpedo boat gun, while on torpedo boats it was their secondary armament.

Ship classes that carried the 8.8 cm SK L/35 include: • Braunschweig-class

• Deutschland-class

• Prinz Adalbert-class

• Roon-class cruiser

• S138-class

• S90-class

• Scharnhorst-class

• Victoria Louise-class