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| − | The L45 is a Dutch licensed version of a Swedish cannon. The original Bofors | + | <!-- ''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 If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: 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 L45 is a Dutch licensed version of a Swedish cannon. The original Bofors 12 cm/50 Model 1924 was built for the ''Ehrensköld''-class destroyer for the Swedish Navy during the interwar modernization of their destroyer fleet. The Royal Netherlands Navy would first use the design for their ''Admiralen''-class destroyers laid down starting in 1926 based on the design of prototype British destroyers. The guns mounted on these destroyers were built under license by Wilton-Fijenoord. The L45 was a variant with shorter barrel with five less calibres that after the war was designated the 12cm/45 Mark 8 and based on the earlier Bofors cannons built by Wilton-Fijenoord. The design was first used on the ''Gerard Callenburgh''-class of destroyers intended to counter Japanese destroyers in the Dutch East Indies. When Germany invaded on May 10th, 1940, the ship was scuttled to keep it out of enemy hands, but it was salvaged by Germany and re-designated the ''ZH1'' (Zerstörer Holland 1). and remained in service in the Kriegsmarine (Germany Navy) until it was scuttled in the English Channel during the Battle of Ushant on June 9th, 1944. | ||
| − | The only other ships to notably use the L45 was the K-class sloops the K1, [[K2]], and K3. Designed to their | + | The only other ships to notably use the L45 was the K-class sloops the ''K1'', ''[[K2]]'', and ''K3''. Designed to replace their ageing ''Brinio''-class gunboats, the K-class was still under construction when the Germans invaded in 1940 and the three ships still being built were captured and finished for the Kriegsmarine. The ''K1'' was sunk near Aarhus, Denmark, while the ''K2'' and ''K3'' would survive the war, but ''K2'' was sunk in port by accident and later scrapped while ''K3'' was returned and successfully served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS ''Van Speijk''. The L45 guns used a Bofors tri-axial mounting in a double turret (though the ZH1 also had a single turret gun), a decision the Germans disliked for overloading the cross-level axis that had to support both the dredger hoists and the armoured shield. |
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Description
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History
The L45 is a Dutch licensed version of a Swedish cannon. The original Bofors 12 cm/50 Model 1924 was built for the Ehrensköld-class destroyer for the Swedish Navy during the interwar modernization of their destroyer fleet. The Royal Netherlands Navy would first use the design for their Admiralen-class destroyers laid down starting in 1926 based on the design of prototype British destroyers. The guns mounted on these destroyers were built under license by Wilton-Fijenoord. The L45 was a variant with shorter barrel with five less calibres that after the war was designated the 12cm/45 Mark 8 and based on the earlier Bofors cannons built by Wilton-Fijenoord. The design was first used on the Gerard Callenburgh-class of destroyers intended to counter Japanese destroyers in the Dutch East Indies. When Germany invaded on May 10th, 1940, the ship was scuttled to keep it out of enemy hands, but it was salvaged by Germany and re-designated the ZH1 (Zerstörer Holland 1). and remained in service in the Kriegsmarine (Germany Navy) until it was scuttled in the English Channel during the Battle of Ushant on June 9th, 1944.
The only other ships to notably use the L45 was the K-class sloops the K1, K2, and K3. Designed to replace their ageing Brinio-class gunboats, the K-class was still under construction when the Germans invaded in 1940 and the three ships still being built were captured and finished for the Kriegsmarine. The K1 was sunk near Aarhus, Denmark, while the K2 and K3 would survive the war, but K2 was sunk in port by accident and later scrapped while K3 was returned and successfully served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Van Speijk. The L45 guns used a Bofors tri-axial mounting in a double turret (though the ZH1 also had a single turret gun), a decision the Germans disliked for overloading the cross-level axis that had to support both the dredger hoists and the armoured shield.
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| Germany naval cannons | |
|---|---|
| 15 mm | MG 151 |
| 20 mm | 2 cm/65 C/30 · 2 cm/65 C/38 · 2 cm/65 Flakzwilling 38 · 2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 · MG 151/20 |
| 30 mm | MK103/38 |
| 37 mm | FlaK-Lafette C/36 · 3.7 cm FlaK-Lafette LM/42 · SK C/30 · FlaK.36 · FlaK43 |
| 40 mm | 40 mm/70 MEL58 · Bofors Flak 28 · Bofors L/70 model 1948 |
| 52 mm | 52 mm/55 SK L/55 |
| 88 mm | 8.8 cm/76 SK C/32 · S.K.C/35 · FlaK.18 · Flak.36 · 88 mm/45 AA SK L/45 · 88 mm/45 casemate SK L/45 |
| 100 mm | 100 mm/55 MLE model 53 |
| 105 mm | SK C/32 · SK C/33 AA |
| 120 mm | L45 |
| 128 mm | 12.8 cm/45 SK C/34 · 12.8 cm SK C/41 |
| 150 mm | 150 mm/45 SK L/45 · 15 cm/48 KC/36 · 15 cm/55 SK C/28 · 15 cm/60 SK C/25 |
| 203 mm | 20.3 cm/60 SK C/34 |
| 283 mm | 283 mm/45 SK L/45 · 283 mm/52 SK C/28 · 283 mm/54,5 SK C/34 |
| 305 mm | 305 mm/50 SK L/50 |
| 380 mm | 38 cm SK L/45 |
| Foreign: | |
| 23 mm | ZU-23 (USSR) |
| 25 mm | 2M-3 (USSR) |
| 30 mm | AK-230 (USSR) |
| 37 mm | V-11 (USSR) |
| 76 mm | 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (Italy) |
| 100 mm | 100 mm/56 B-34 (USSR) |
