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The 28 cm MRK L/35 C/90 was a German naval gun that was used in World War I by the German Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, two of which were sold to the Ottoman Empire and renamed Barbaros Hayreddin and Turgut Reis respectively.[2]
28 cm MRK L/35 C/90 | |
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Type | Naval gun Coast-defence gun |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1893-1938 |
Used by | German Empire Ottoman Empire |
Wars | World War I |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Designed | 1890[1] |
Manufacturer | Krupp |
Specifications | |
Mass | 43.9 tonnes (43.2 long tons) |
Length | 9.80 metres (32 ft 1.8 in) 34.63 calibres |
Barrel length | 8.96 metres (29 ft 4.8 in) (bore length) 31.66 calibres |
Shell | separate-loading, case charge |
Shell weight | 240–284 kilograms (529–626 lb) |
Caliber | 283 millimeters (11.1 in) |
Breech | horizontal sliding-wedge |
Muzzle velocity | 740 to 820 m/s (2,400 to 2,700 ft/s) |
Like the 28 cm/40 (11") MRK L/40, it used a horizontal sliding block breech design rather than the interrupted screw more commonly used in guns of this size; it was also the last large German naval gun to load all its propellant in a single case. It was adapted for land service after the pre-dreadnoughts began to be disarmed beginning in 1916. Four guns served on coast defense duties on the island of Wangerooge during World War I on fixed mounts. During World War II these guns were transferred to Brest. Others were used in railway mountings in both World Wars.