10.5 cm FlaK 38

Infobox Weapon
name=


caption=A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade
origin=Germany
type=Anti-aircraft gun
is_ranged=yes
is_artillery=yes
service=1937-1945
used_by=Germany
wars=World War II
designer=Rheinmetall
design_date=1933
manufacturer=Rheinmetall
unit_cost=
production_date=1936-1945
number=Approx 2,000
variants=
spec_label=Flak 39
weight=10,224 kg (22,540 lbs)
length=6.648 m (22 ft)
part_length=5.547 m (18 ft)
width=
height=
diameter=
crew=
cartridge=
caliber=105 mm (4.13 in)
barrels=One, 36 grooves with right-hand increasing twist from 1/48 to 1/36
action=
rate=
velocity=881 m/s (2,890 fps)
range=17,600 m (19,247 yds) ground target
9,450 m (31,003 ft) effective ceiling
max_range=11,400 m (37,401 ft) maximum ceiling
feed=
sights=
breech=Horizontal semi-automatic sliding block
recoil=Hydropnematic
carriage=
elevation=-3 to +85
traverse=360

The 10.5 cm SK C/33 was a German anti-aircraft gun used during World War II by the Kriegsmarine on a number of their larger capital ships. It was later adapted for Luftwaffe as a competitor to the famed 8.8 cm FlaK 18 as the 10.5 cm FlaK 38. In this role it proved to be too heavy for field use while having roughly similar performance as the 88, so was used primarily in static mounts. An improved version replacing the electrical gunlaying with a mechanical system was also introduced as the 10.5 cm FlaK 39.

References

* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_41-65_skc33.htm German 10.5 cm/65 (4.1") SK C/33]
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. "Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945". New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3

* Hogg, Ian V. "German Artillery of World War Two". 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X