- Langer Max
Langer Max (long Max) was a
World War I Germancannon officially called 38cm SKL/45. They were originally designed as naval guns for the German "Bayern" class battleships, but after the suspension of SMS Sachsen and SMS Wurttenburg several were used as heavy landartillery on the Western Front. Nicknamed "Max", the gun's (supporting) barrel and railway transportable carriage was used in the famedParis Gun . Some guns were also emplaced in the "Pommern" and "Deutschland" coastal batteries on the Flanders coast protecting occupiedOstend .The first salvo from two of these guns commenced the first massive German artillery bombardment during the
Battle of Verdun .pecifications
* Weight 80 metric tons
* Length 17.10 m
* Bore length 16.1 m
* Caliber 38 cm
* Shell weight 750 kg standard , 400 kg coastal artillery for extra range
* Range
** 23,000 m in shipborne mounting (20 degrees elevation)
** 38,000 m coastal mounting 45 degrees
** 47,000 m coastal mounting with "light" shell
* Rate of fire 2.5 rpmee also
*
Supergun
*BL 15 inch /42 naval gun - British counterpartExternal links
* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_15-45_skc13.htm Nav weaps page]
* [http://html2.free.fr/canons/canmax.htm 38 cm Max at Les Canons de l'Apocalypse (in French)]
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