Germany
Naval Guns
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Modern Weapons (1980 to Present)
German Ammunition, Guns and Mountings Definitions
155 mm/52 MONARC Hamburg F220
127 mm/64 LW F125 Class
5"/54 Mark 42 (USA) Lütjens Class (USN Charles Adams Class)
100 mm/55 M1953 Deutschland (1960), Hamburg (D181) and Köln Classes
76 mm/62 Compact (Italian) Bremen, Brandenburg and Sachsen Classes
Modern Schnellboots
40 mm/70 Bofors Model 1958 Modern Warships
35 mm/1000 Millennium Danish Combat Support Ships
27 mm MLG 27 Modern Warships
20 mm/65 Mark 20 Rh202 Modern Warships
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Historical Weapons
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Battleship Main Guns
53 cm/52 Gerät 36 Experimental
40.6 cm/52 SK C/34
42 cm/48 SK C/40		 "H" Class
38 cm/52 SK C/34 Bismarck and Schlachtschiff "O"Classes
38 cm/45 SK L/45 Ersatz Yorck and Bayern Classes
35 cm/45 SK L/45 Mackensen Class
30.5 cm/56 SK C/39 Planned
30.5 cm/50 SK L/50 Helgoland, Kaiser, König and Derfflinger Classes
30.5 cm/52 Pattern 1907 Volya
28 cm/54.5 SK C/34 Scharnhorst (1938) Class
28 cm/52 SK C/28 Lützow (ex-Deutschland) Class
28 cm/50 SK L/50 Moltke and Seydlitz Classes
28 cm/45 SK L/45 Nassau and Von der Tann Classes
28 cm/40 SK L/40 Deutschland Class (1904)
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Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns
24 cm/40 SK L/40 Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, Kaiser Friedrich III, Wittelsbach, Fürst Bismarck and Prinz Heinrich Classes
24 cm/35 SK L/35 Siegfried and Odin Classes
21 cm/45 SK L/45 Blücher (1909)
21 cm/40 SK L/40 Victoria Louise, Prinz Adalbert, Roon and Scharnhorst (1907) Classes
20.3 cm/60 SK C/34 Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen Classes
17 cm/40 SK L/40 Deutschland (1904) Class
15 cm/48 SK C/36 Z23 and Z37 "Narvik" Destroyer Classes and Z40/SP1 Scout Cruiser Class
15 cm/55 SK C/28 Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Scharnhorst (1938) and Bismarck Classes
15 cm/60 SK C/25 Königsberg (1929), Leipzieg and Nürnberg Classes
15 cm/45 SK L/45 Most Capital Ships 1908-1918 and Cruisers as rearmed 1915-1918

Emden (1925) and AMCs of World War II
15 cm/45 Tbts KL/45
15 cm/45 Ubts + Tbts KL 45		 S113, V116, G119 and B122 Destroyer Classes and U-Boat "Kreuzer" Classes of World War I
15 cm/40 SK L/40 Kaiser Friedrich III, Wittelsbach, Victoria Louise, Fürst Bismarck, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Adalbert, Roon and Scharnhorst (1907) Classes
12.7 cm/45 SK C/41 Z46 and Z52 Destroyer Classes
12.7 cm/61 KM40 Shore-based AAA of World War II
12.7 cm/45 SK C/34 Z1, Z17, Z35, Z43 and Z51 Destroyer Classes
5"/38 Mark 12 (USA) Z1 to Z6 (ex-USN Fletcher Class destroyers)
10.5 cm/65 SK C/33 Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Scharnhorst (1938), Bismarck, "H," Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen Classes
10.5 cm/45 SK C/32 Schlesien Class, Emden (1925), Torpedo Boats, F-Boats and Type I, Type IX and Type X U-boats
10.5 cm/55 SK C/28 Bremse and Wolf Classes
10.5 cm/45 SK L/45
10.5 cm/45 SK C/06
10.5 cm/45 Flak L/45
10.5 cm/45 Tbts L/45
10.5 cm/45 Ubts L/45		 Kolberg, Magdeburg, Karlsruhe, Graudenz, G96, V170 and U61 Classes

Möwe Class, F-boats, Type 40s and some minesweepers
10.5 cm/40 SK L/40 Grazelle, Bremen (1904), Königsberg (1907), Dresden and Tiger (1900) Classes
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Smaller Caliber and Anti-Aircraft Guns
8.8 cm/45 SK C/35 Type VII U-Boats
8.8 cm/76 SK C/32 Königsberg (1929), Leipzieg and Nürnberg Classes
8.8 cm/78 SK C/31 Lützow (ex-Deutschland) Class
8.8 cm/45 SK C/30
8.8 cm/45 KM41		 Small Warships of World War II
8.8 cm/75 SK C/25 Königsberg (1929) Class
8.8 cm/45 SK L/45
8.8 cm/45 Tbts L/45
8.8 cm/45 Flak L/45		 Capital Ships, Destroyers and Torpedo Boats of World War I

Emden (1925), Lützow (ex-Deutschland) and Königsberg (1929) Classes
8.8 cm/35 SK L/35 Coastal Battleships and Cruisers of the 1890s
8.8 cm/30 SK L/30
8.8 cm/30 Ubts L/30		 Coastal Battleships and Cruisers of the 1890s, Gunboats of the 1900s and U-Boats of World War I
3"/50RF Mark 33 (USA) Z1 to Z6 (ex-USN Fletcher Class destroyers)
7.5 cm/36 SK C/34 Small Warships of World War II
6 cm/21 C/98
6 cm/21 S-Bts KL/21
6 cm/21 Bts KL/21		 Landing Gun
5.5 cm/77 Gerät 58 Type 42C Destroyers
5.2 cm/55 SK L/55 Cruisers and Large Torpedo Boats (1900s)
5 cm/40 Tbts KL/40
5 cm/40 SK L/40		 Cruisers and Torpedo Boats of 1890s
UB18 class (type UBII) U-Boats
4 cm/56 Flak 28 Many ships after 1943
3.7 cm/57 M43 Many ships after 1944
3.7 cm/69 M42 Many ships after 1944
3.7 cm/83 SK C/30 Almost all warships between 1930 and 1943
2 cm/65 C/30
2 cm/65 C/38		 Almost all warships between 1930 and 1945
2 cm/70 Flak 28 and 29 A few ships between 1939 and 1945
8.6 cm Raketen Patrol Vessels and Destroyers 1944 to 1945
38 cm Raketenwerfer 61 L/5.4 Coastal Defense 1942
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Updated 24 April 2008