28 cm RK L/22

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28 cm Ring Kanone L/22
Early (279 mm) version of the 28 cm K L/22
Type
Place of originKingdom of Prussia
Service history
Used by
Production history
DesignerKrupp
Designed1867-1876
ManufacturerKrupp
Produced1870
Specifications
Mass27,500 kg
Length6.10 m (L/22)

Caliber283 mm
Breechhorizontal sliding wedge
Muzzle velocity494 m/s.
Effective firing range6,000 m.
Maximum firing range9,000 m.

The 28 cm RK L/22 was a 28 cm caliber Krupp Ring Kanone (built-up gun) used for coastal defence. It was a rifled breech loader with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech. For some time it was the heaviest German naval gun.