12.8 cm/45 SK C/34 (128 mm)

Description

The 12.7 cm SK C/34 is a German naval cannon.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Leopard
• Luchs
• Z12 Erich Giese
• Z15 Erich Steinbrinck
• Z20 Karl Galster
• Z22 Anton Schmitt
• Z43

General info

Although the 12.7 cm SK C/34 may not pack as much of a punch as its 150 mm rivals, it makes up for it with its rather quite impressive reload speed, being able to fire 18 rounds per minute on average with a full ready-rack, and 15 rounds per minute otherwise.

Available ammunition

The 12.7 cm SK C/34 can fire three types of ammunition.

The default shell is the Sprgr. Kpf.Z high explosive shell with 1.905 kg of TNT equivalent and a muzzle velocity of 830 m/s. It is most effective against small motor boats, as it has a high chance of causing hull breaks.

The next shell is the Sprgr. Bd.Z, a base-fused HE shell with more penetration in most cases but with less explosive mass, only 1.4 kg of TNT equivalent and the same muzzle velocity of 830 m/s. It is most effective against armoured targets, such as other destroyers.

The last shell is the Sprgr. Zt.Z, it has 1.905 kg of TNT equivalent and has a time-fuse to detonate after an automatically set amount of time. It is most effective against airplanes and slower gun motor boats.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
Sprgr. L/4.4 Kpf.Z	HE	24	24	24	24	24	24
Sprgr. L/4.4 Bd.Z	HE	59	50	38	30	24	18
Sprgr. L/4.4 Zt.Z	HE-TF	24	24	24	24	24	24

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Sprgr. L/4.4 Kpf.Z	HE	830	28	0	0.1	1.91	79°	80°	81°
Sprgr. L/4.4 Bd.Z	HE	830	28	0.015	5	1.4	79°	80°	81°
Sprgr. L/4.4 Zt.Z	HE-TF	830	28	0	0.1	1.91	79°	80°	81°

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