305 mm/50 SK L/50 (305 mm) - Revision history

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== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===


* {{Specs-Link|germ_battleship_helgoland}}

== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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== History ==
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== See also ==
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{{Germany naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|305 mm Spgr. L/3.8 Bdz, 305 mm Spgr. L/3.3 SAP, 305 mm Psgr. L/3.4}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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-*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_12-50_skc12.php Germany 30.5 cm/50 (12") SK L/50 | NavWeaps]
+* [[wikipedia:30.5 cm SK L/50 gun|[Wikipedia] 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun]]
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 == History ==
-The 305 mm/50 SK L/50 was developed as a result of the escalation in the Anglo-Germans Naval Arms Race preceding World War I. As Germany did not agree to any restrictions on gun caliber during the 1907 Hague Convention, the Royal Navy continued their construction of dreadnoughts with [[12 inch/50 Mark XI (305 mm)|12 inch/50 Mark XI]] guns. However, because they felt these guns were not capable at the longer ranges of naval combat they predicted would occur in the future, they upgraded to 13.5-inch guns starting with ''Orion''-class. Germany was not idle at this time. When the Riechsmarineamt (Imperial Naval Office) got word of Britain up-gunning to 13.5-inchs, they upgraded their own ships from [[283 mm/45 SK L/45 (283 mm)|283 mm/45 SK L/45]] (11-inch) to the 305mm/50 SK L/50 (12-inch) guns. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Secretary of State of the Riechsmarineamt was at first reluctant to agree to up-gunning their ships, but he ended his objections after learning the Americans were also moving towards 12-inch guns in response to the Royal Navy's actions.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-The SK L/50 used a mounted that featured electric pumps to power the hydraulic elevation gear that initially went up to only 13.5 degrees, but were upgraded to go further to 16 degrees during World War I after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. These were the first German large-caliber guns to hydraulic rams and breeches significantly increasing its rate of fire compared to contemporary weapons. As is typical for German naval guns of this era, they were constructed of shrunk on tubes and hoops with a Krupp horizontal sliding breech block. Superior in penetration power to British 12-inch guns, the guns still fell short of the 13.5-inch guns they built.
+The SK L/50 used a mount that featured electric pumps to power the hydraulic elevation gear that initially went up to only 13.5 degrees, but were upgraded to go further to 16 degrees during World War I after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. These were the first German large-calibre guns to feature hydraulic rams and breeches, significantly increasing its rate of fire compared to contemporary weapons. As is typical for German naval guns of this era, they were constructed of shrunk on tubes and hoops with a Krupp horizontal sliding breech block. Superior in penetration power to British 12-inch guns, the guns still fell short of their 13.5-inch guns.
-The Kaiserlichemarine (Imperial German Navy) first mounted these guns on the [[SMS Helgoland|''Helgoland''-class]] dreadnoughts such as the [[SMS Ostfriesland]], and soon followed with the [[SMS Kaiser|''Kaiser''-class]], ''König-''class, and the ''Derfflinger''-class whose lead ship, alongside her sister ship the ''Lützow'' sunk the [[HMS Invincible]] and HMS Queen Mary during the Battle of Jutland.
+The Kaiserlichemarine (Imperial German Navy) first mounted these guns on the ''Helgoland''-class dreadnoughts such as [[SMS Helgoland|SMS ''Helgoland'']] and ''[[SMS Ostfriesland|Ostfriesland]]'', and soon followed with the [[SMS Kaiser|''Kaiser''-class]], ''König-''class, and the ''Derfflinger''-class whose lead ship, alongside her sister ship the ''Lützow'', sunk the [[HMS Invincible|HMS ''Invincible'']] and HMS ''Queen Mary'' during the Battle of Jutland.
-The SK L/50 was also used in the coastal defense role. Between 1909 and 1912, four twin-gun turrets equipped with this cannon were  were assigned the island Helgoland in the North Sea. Battery Kaiser Wilhelm II was assigned with there guns to defend the port of Zeebrugge in occupied Belgium during World War I with four guns mounted on concrete barbettes and manually operated firing platforms capable of all-around fire. By the time World War I ended, six guns built to the same specifications were used for Battery Friedrich August on the island of Wangerooge. Due to the Treaty of Versailles, Helgoland was demilitarized, but Hitler would use 3 guns from from Wangerooge, not affected by the treaty, to re-equip the coastal defenses at Helgoland in 1935. The remaining 3 still part of Battery Friedrich August would be transferred to Le Trésorerie in France in 1940 as a cross-channel defense. Here the guns were fitted with concrete casemates which provided overhead cover at the cost of restricting the firing angles to 220 degrees to either side and 50 degrees in elevation. The coastal defense guns also were armed with streamlined shells with larger propellant charges to increase their range.
+The SK L/50 was also used in the coastal defense role. Between 1909 and 1912, four twin-gun turrets equipped with this cannon were assigned to Heligoland island in the North Sea. Battery Kaiser Wilhelm II was assigned to defend the port of Zeebrugge in occupied Belgium during World War I with four guns mounted on concrete barbettes and manually operated firing platforms capable of all-around fire. By the time World War I ended, six guns built to the same specifications were used for Battery Friedrich August on the island of Wangerooge. Due to the Treaty of Versailles, Heligoland was demilitarized, but Hitler would use 3 guns from from Wangerooge, not affected by the treaty, to re-equip the coastal defenses at Heligoland in 1935. The remaining 3 still part of Battery Friedrich August would be transferred to Le Trésorerie in France in 1940 as a cross-channel defense. Here the guns were fitted with concrete casemates which provided overhead cover at the cost of restricting the firing angles to 220 degrees to either side and 50 degrees in elevation. The coastal defense guns also were armed with streamlined shells with larger propellant charges to increase their range.
 == Media ==

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-* ''topic on the official game forum;''
+*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_12-50_skc12.php Germany 30.5 cm/50 (12") SK L/50 | NavWeaps]
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 '''Pros:'''
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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The 305 mm/50 SK L/50 was developed as a result of the escalation in the Anglo-Germans Naval Arms Race preceding World War I. As Germany did not agree to any restrictions on gun caliber during the 1907 Hague Convention, the Royal Navy continued their construction of dreadnoughts with [[12 inch/50 Mark XI (305 mm)|12 inch/50 Mark XI]] guns. However, because they felt these guns were not capable at the longer ranges of naval combat they predicted would occur in the future, they upgraded to 13.5-inch guns starting with ''Orion''-class. Germany was not idle at this time. When the Riechsmarineamt (Imperial Naval Office) got word of Britain up-gunning to 13.5-inchs, they upgraded their own ships from [[283 mm/45 SK L/45 (283 mm)|283 mm/45 SK L/45]] (11-inch) to the 305mm/50 SK L/50 (12-inch) guns. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Secretary of State of the Riechsmarineamt was at first reluctant to agree to up-gunning their ships, but he ended his objections after learning the Americans were also moving towards 12-inch guns in response to the Royal Navy's actions.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''