List of coastal guns
This list gives a chronological and technical overview of coastal guns that were used in coastal fortifications and coastal batteries .
Muzzle loader
designation | image | Country of manufacture | caliber | Use from - to | annotation |
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Dahlgren | United States | various | approx. 1855-1865 | ||
Rodman | United States | various | circa 1860 |
designation | image | Country of manufacture | caliber | Use from – to | annotation |
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Parrot | United States | various | circa 1861 | ||
RML 11 inch gun | United Kingdom | 297 mm | 1867 | ||
RML 12 Inch 25 Ton Gun | United Kingdom | 305 mm | 1868 | ||
RML 12.5 Inch 38 Ton Gun | United Kingdom | 305 mm | 1874 | ||
RML 17.72 inch gun | United Kingdom | 450 mm | 1874 | from 1874 as a ship gun at the Regia Marina , from 1884 coastal artillery |
Breech loader until around 1945
designation | image | Country of manufacture | caliber | Use from – to | annotation |
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RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun | United Kingdom | various | 1861 | ||
RBL 40 pounder Armstrong gun | United Kingdom | various | 1861 | ||
9 inch M1867 cannon | Russia | 229 mm | 1867 | System Krupp | |
BL 6 inch Mk II-VI naval gun | United Kingdom | 152 mm | 1880-19? | ||
BL 8 inch Mk VII naval gun | United Kingdom | 203 mm | 1884 | ||
QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun | United Kingdom | 57 mm | 1884 | ||
BL 10 inch Mk I - IV naval gun | United Kingdom | 254 mm | 1885 | ||
152 mm L / 35 cannon M1877 | Russia | 152 mm | 1885-1944 | coastal gun in the First World War | |
QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt | United Kingdom | 76 mm | 1885 | ||
28 cm SK L / 40 | German Empire | 283 mm | 1893 | Coastal Artillery World War II | |
Canon de 164 mm modèle 1893 | France | 164 mm | 1893-1945 | Coastal artillery in World War II | |
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun | United Kingdom | 76 mm | 1894-1945 | ||
QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun | United Kingdom | 76 mm | 1894 | ||
152 mm L / 45 cannon M1892 | Russia | 152 mm | 1897 | Canet model | |
BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun | United Kingdom | 152 mm | 1899 | ||
BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX - X | United Kingdom | 234 mm | 1899 | ||
Canon de 240 mm modèle 1902 | France | 240 mm | 1902-1945 | Coastal artillery in World War II | |
BL 7.5 inch Mk II naval gun | United Kingdom | 190 mm | 1905 | ||
15 cm SK L / 45 | German Empire | 150 mm | 1908-1945 | 3rd / Marine Artillery Division 604, Jersey | |
QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun | United Kingdom | 76 mm | 1906 | ||
305 mm L / 52 cannon M1907 | Russia | 305 mm | 1907-1991 | Armored turrets for coastal artillery: MB-2-12 (twin) and MB-3-12 (triple); the TK-3-12 railway gun derived from the weapon is said to have been in service in 1991 | |
152 mm L / 50 cannon M1908 | Russia | 152 mm | 1909 | Vickers model | |
Canon de 138 mm modèle 1910 | France | 138 mm | 1910-1945 | Coastal artillery in World War II | |
BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun | United Kingdom | 381 mm | 1913-1959 | ||
Cannone navali da 381/40 | Italy | 381 mm | 1916-1945 | ||
Canon de 155 mm GPF | France | 155 mm | 1917-1945 | As a 15.5 cm cannon 418 (f) used by the German Wehrmacht as a coastal gun , as a 155 Gun M1918 M1 used by the US Army as a coastal gun |
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Canon de 220 L mle 1917 | France | 220 mm | 1917-1945 | As a 22 cm cannon 532 (f) used by the German Wehrmacht as a coastal gun at the Marine Artillery Department 604 in Cherbourg | |
38 cm SK L / 45 | German Empire | 380 mm | 1917-1945 | For gun data, see: Bavaria-Class Use: * Battery Germany * Battery Pommern |
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16 "/ 50 caliber M1919 gun | United States | 406 mm | 1920-1946 | ||
220 mm mozdierz wz. 32 | Czechoslovakia | 220 mm | 1920 (?) - 1945 | Used as a 22 cm mortar (p) by the German Wehrmacht as a coastal gun | |
7.5 cm field cannon 16nA | German Empire | 75 mm | 1934-1945 | Use in the Atlantic Wall | |
10.5cm hrubý canon vz. 35 | Czechoslovakia | 105 mm | 1935-1945 | Used as a 10.5 cm cannon 35 (t) by the German Wehrmacht as a coastal gun | |
8.8 cm SK C / 30 | German Empire | 88 mm | 1933 (?) - 1945 |
Fortress Fjell former deck gun of the submarines type VII (later replaced by C / 35) |
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10.5 cm SK C / 32 | German Empire | 105 mm | 1935 (?) - 1945 |
Fjell fortress Deck gun of type I and IX submarines |
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15 cm SK C / 28 | German Empire | 150 mm | 1935-1945 | For gun data see: Bismarck class | |
15 cm cannon 39 | German Empire | 150 mm | 1939-1945 | ||
28 cm SK C / 34 | German Empire | 280 mm | 1941-1945 | For gun data see: Scharnhorst -class Use: * Rozenburg battery, Netherlands * Fjell fortress * Oerlandat battery near Austrått, Norway |
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38 cm SK C / 34 | German Empire | 380 mm | 1941-1945 | For gun data see: Bismarck Use: * Hanstholm fortress * Vara battery, Kristiansand * Todt battery , Cap Gris-Nez |
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40.6 cm SK C / 34 | German Empire | 406 mm | 1942–1945 1951–1961 (Trondenes) |
For gun data see: H-Class Use: * Battery Lindemann * Battery Dietl * Coastal battery Trondenes |
Guns from around 1945
designation | image | Country of manufacture | caliber | Use from – to | annotation |
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KS-19 | Soviet Union | 100 mm | 1948 | Anti-aircraft cannon , use against ground and sea targets as a secondary task. | |
57 55 y | Finland | 57 mm | 1950-1965 | ||
152 50 T | Finland | 152 mm | 1950s to 1980s | Tank turret, converted from a Russian 152 mm L / 45 cannon M1892 | |
7.5 cm tornpjäs m / 57 | Sweden | 75 mm | 1962 | Tank turret | |
10.5 cm tornautomatpjäs m / 50 | Sweden | 105 mm | 1962-2000 | Tank turret | |
100 56 TK | Finland | 100 mm | 1969 | Turret main battle tank T-55 | |
12 cm tornautomatpjäs m / 70 | Sweden | 120 mm | 1979 | Tank turret | |
130 53 TK | Finland | 130 mm | 1984 | Tank turret |
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Fleischer: German Artillery: 1914-1918 , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-613-03545-4 .
- Bibliographical information on coastal guns see German National Library table of contents
Web links
Commons : Coastal Artillery - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tony DiGiulian: Definitions and Information about Naval Guns , 2009 (English at navweaps.com)
- Ship artillery in further use as a coastal gun, (English at bunkersite.com)