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

Smooth tube

designation	image	Country of manufacture	caliber	Use from - to	annotation
Dahlgren		United States	various	approx. 1855-1865
Rodman		United States	various	circa 1860

Tube with trains

designation	image	Country of manufacture	caliber	Use from – to	annotation
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

Breech loader until approx. 1945

designation	image	Country of manufacture	caliber	Use from – to	annotation
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
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
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)
10.5 cm SK C / 32		German Empire	105 mm	1935 (?) - 1945	Fjell fortress Deck gun of type I and IX submarines
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
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
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

Guns from around 1945

designation	image	Country of manufacture	caliber	Use from – to	annotation
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

• List of coastal fortifications
• List of land-based anti-ship missiles

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)