About: 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"   Sponge Permalink

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The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1916. It served on the Western Front and on coast defense duties in Occupied Flanders during World War I. Belgium received four guns as reparations after the war. The Germans used two of those guns in World War II after Belgium's surrender during the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest of the war.

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  • 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno"
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  • The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1916. It served on the Western Front and on coast defense duties in Occupied Flanders during World War I. Belgium received four guns as reparations after the war. The Germans used two of those guns in World War II after Belgium's surrender during the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest of the war.
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Number
  • 22(xsd:integer)
breech
  • horizontal sliding-wedge
is explosive
  • yes
part length
  • L/40
Origin
  • German Empire
Service
  • 1917(xsd:integer)
Name
  • 28(xsd:integer)
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • side view of a "Bruno" and its crew in 1918
traverse
  • 180(xsd:integer)
  • 360(xsd:integer)
  • 900.0
Cartridge
  • separate-loading, case charge
Wars
Carriage
  • 2(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
Used by
  • German Empire
  • Belgium
  • Nazi Germany
production date
  • 1916(xsd:integer)
Recoil
  • hydro-pneumatic
design date
  • 1916(xsd:integer)
Elevation
  • +0° to 45°
Designer
abstract
  • The 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (SK — Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L — Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1916. It served on the Western Front and on coast defense duties in Occupied Flanders during World War I. Belgium received four guns as reparations after the war. The Germans used two of those guns in World War II after Belgium's surrender during the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties on the Gironde Estuary for the rest of the war.
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