page_title: 17 cm SK L/40 gun
hierarchical_section_title: 17 cm SK L/40 gun
caption_attribution_description: Photograph showing 17-cm guns mounted in a turret (upper) and casemate (lower) on starboard side of German battleship SMS Hessen.
context_page_description: The 17 cm SK L/40 was a Kaiserliche Marine naval gun that was used on two classes of German pre-dreadnought battleships the Braunschweig-class and the Deutschland-class as their secondary battery. Later they were adapted for land service during World War I and World War II.
context_section_description: The 17 cm SK L/40 was a Kaiserliche Marine naval gun that was used on two classes of German pre-dreadnought battleships the Braunschweig-class and the Deutschland-class as their secondary battery.  Later they were adapted for land service during World War I and World War II.
caption: Guns in turret (upper) and casemate (lower) on SMS Hessen
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