Schleswig-Holstein

German Kriegsmarine 1935-1945.
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The Schleswig-Holstein - Port of Hamburg.

Source: Bilder Aus Dem Leben des Führer.

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The Führer on board ...............
The Führer on board ...............
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The 28 cm SK L/40 in the "Schleswig-Holstein"

This naval gun was the last weapon system in service aboard the German pre-dreadnought of the ancient Deutschland-Class (Schleswig-Holstein and Schlesien) battleships. It was the first weapon system to use a horizontal sliding-wedge breech instead of the interrupted screw (much more common in the big guns of this size). Therefore it needed to carry all the propellant charge in a brass case, which in turn helped to seal the breech.

The gun was mounted on a twin turret Drh.L. C/01 (fore and aft) with an elevation of 30º and a depression of 4º and a traverse movement of 150º to each band. The ammunition capacity was 85 rounds per gun and its fire rate was 2 shots per minute.

Source: German Battleships 1914-18 (1): Deutschland, Nassau and Helgoland classes. Gary Staff
http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,19 ... age,E.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_cm_SK_L/40_gun

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View of one of the twin turrets (aft I think) of "Schleswig-Holstein" after bombing the Westerplatte in September 1939, you can see the empty brass cases all over the deck..............................................
View of one of the twin turrets (aft I think) of "Schleswig-Holstein" after bombing the Westerplatte in September 1939, you can see the empty brass cases all over the deck..............................................
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The Schleswig-Holstein - Danzig/Gdansk 1939.

The pretext for the visit, at the invitation of the Senate of the Free City, was honoring the memory of 15 sailors from the cruiser "Magdeburg" (blown up by his own crew after stepping on rocks in the Gulf of Finland), buried in Danzig/Gdansk in August 1914. The ship docked in the New Port, opposite the Westerplatte.

Source: http://www.muzeummw.pl/?446,25-sierpnia ... -gdanska,1

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The "Schleswig-Holstein" in the port of Danzig / Gdansk on August 25, 1939 .....................
The "Schleswig-Holstein" in the port of Danzig / Gdansk on August 25, 1939 .....................
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The 28 cm SK L/40 in the "Schleswig-Holstein"

Source: http://www.muzeum1939.pl/en/press/galle ... 719cf14bf2
http://infogdansk.pl/gdansk-1939/

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View of the artillery of the Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein in Danzig 1939; In the foreground the twin turret of 280 mm ....................................
View of the artillery of the Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein in Danzig 1939; In the foreground the twin turret of 280 mm ....................................
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Close view of the main artillery of the Schleswig-Holstein.............................................................
Close view of the main artillery of the Schleswig-Holstein.............................................................
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