12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun
The 12.7 cm SK C/34 was a German medium-caliber naval gun deployed on destroyers from 1934 through the Second World War. Some of these guns remained in service until 2003 in the coastal defense units of Norway. Characteristics. The 12.7 cm SK C/34 was used on the Type 34, Type 36 and Type 36B destroyers as well as the sloop "Grille", the training ship "Bremse" and the torpedo boats "Leopard" and "Luchs". They were also intended for the unbuilt Type 38B destroyers, Type 40 torpedo-boats and the Type XI U-boats. These  guns were either mounted on single hand worked MPLC/34 mounts, converted 10.5 cm MPLC/28 mounts or in two twin Drh LC/38 mounts for Type XI U-boats. Though in Germany it was designated , all 12.7-cm guns actually had a bore of . The gun could be depressed to -10° and raised to 30°. It had an arc of fire of 360°, meaning that they could rotate a full circle, able to fire at any given point. The gun fired a high-explosive shell at a muzzle velocity of to a range of . 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval