Original Naval Specifications
- Date of design - 1934
- Entered service - 1942 (as coastal defense guns)
- Bore - 16 inches (406 mm)
- Length of barrel with rear piece - 70.5 ft (21.5 m)
- Weight of barrel - 158 metric tons (158,664 kg)
- Rate of fire - 2 minutes per round
- Shell weight - standard explosive and armour piercing shell 2,271 lbs (1,020 - 1,030 kg) German type L/4.8 and L/4.4
- Adolf shell (long range shell) 1,323 lbs (600 kg) German type L/4.2
- Propellant weight - 2 part charge total weight 302 kg for ordinary shell and 312 kg for long range shell
- Maximum range - Standard shell 42,800m (42.8 km); long range shell 56,000m (56 km)
- Muzzle Velocity - Standard shell 2,657 ft/s (810 m/s); long range shell 3,445 ft/s (1,000 m/s)
- Mountings - 2 gun turret Drh LC/34 (1,475 metric tons)
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