Background Information

Germany - Ammunition, Guns and Mountings Definitions
M.Dv. Nr. 541 - Memorandum on Painting and Marking Projectiles for Guns of the Kriegsmarine
German 1942 document "Merkbuch über Anstrich und Kennzeichen Geschosse für Geschütze der Kriegsmarine"
German Fuzes of World War II
German Army and Navy Fuze listing and description.

Modern Weapons

1980 to Present
127 mm/64 LW (Italy)
F125 Class
 127 mm/54 Mark 42 (USA)
Lütjens Class (USN Charles Adams Class)
 100 mm/55 M1953 (France)
Deutschland (1960), Hamburg (D181) and Köln Classes
 76 mm/62 Compact (Italy)
Bremen, Brandenburg (1994) and Sachsen Classes
Modern Schnellboots
 40 mm/70 Bofors Model 1958 (Sweden)
Modern Warships
 35 mm/1000 KDG Millennium
Export Only
 27 mm MLG 27
Modern Warships
 20 mm/65 MK 20 Rh202
Modern Warships

Historical Weapons

Battleship Main Guns

53 cm/52 Gerät 36
Experimental
 40.6 cm/52 SK C/34
42 cm/48 SK C/40
"H" Class
42 cm/45 SK L/45
L 20 alpha (Planned)
38 cm/52 SK C/34
Bismarck and Schlachtschiff "O"Classes
 38 cm/45 SK L/45
Ersatz Yorck and Bayern Classes
 35 cm/45 SK L/45
Mackensen Class
 30.5 cm/56 SK C/39
Planned
 30.5 cm/50 SK L/50
Helgoland, Kaiser, König and Derfflinger Classes
 30.5 cm/52 Pattern 1907
30.5 cm K 14 (russ)
Volya
 28 cm/54.5 SK C/34
Scharnhorst (1938) Class
 28 cm/52 SK C/28
Lützow (ex-Deutschland) Class
 28 cm/50 SK L/50
Moltke and Seydlitz Classes
 28 cm/45 SK L/45
Nassau and Von der Tann Classes
 28 cm/40 SK L/40
Braunschweig and Deutschland (1904) Classes
 28 cm/40 MRK L/40
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm Class
 28 cm/35 MRK L/35
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm Class

Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns

24 cm/40 SK L/40
Kaiser Friedrich III, Wittelsbach, Fürst Bismarck and Prinz Heinrich Classes
 24 cm/35 K L/35
Siegfried and Odin Classes
 21 cm/45 SK L/45
Blücher (1909)
 21 cm/40 SK L/40
Victoria Louise, Prinz Adalbert, Roon and Scharnhorst (1907) Classes
 20.3 cm/60 SK C/34
Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen Classes
 17 cm/40 SK L/40
Braunschweig and Deutschland (1904) Class
 155 mm/52 MONARC
Hamburg F220 (Prototype)
 15 cm/48 Tbts KC/36
15 cm/48 Tbts KC/36T
Z23 and Z37 "Narvik" Destroyer Classes, Z40/SP1 Scout Cruiser Class and Schlachtschiff "O" Class
 15 cm/55 SK C/28
Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Scharnhorst (1938) and Bismarck Classes
 15 cm/60 SK C/25
Königsberg (1929), Leipzieg and Nürnberg Classes
 15 cm/45 SK L/45
Most Capital Ships 1908-1918 and Cruisers as rearmed 1915-1918

Emden (1925) and AMCs of World War II

 15 cm/45 Tbts KL/45
15 cm/45 Ubts + Tbts KL/45
15 cm/45 Ubts + Tbts Flak L/45
S113, V116, G119 and B122 Destroyer Classes

U-Boat "Kreuzer" Classes of World War I

 15 cm/40 SK L/40
Kaiser Friedrich III, Wittelsbach, Victoria Louise, Fürst Bismarck, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Adalbert, Roon and Scharnhorst (1907) Classes
 15 cm/35 SK L/35
Gefion and Kaiserin Augusta
 12.8 cm/45 KM41
Z46 and Z52 Destroyer Classes
 12.8 cm/61 KM40
Shore-based AAA of World War II
 12.7 cm/45 SK C/34
Z1, Z17, Z35 and Z43 Destroyer Classes
 5"/38 Mark 12 (USA)
Z1 to Z6 (ex-USN Fletcher Class Destroyers)
 12 cm/45 Mark 6 and Mark 8 (Netherlands)
ZH1 and K1 Class
 10.5 cm/65 SK C/33
Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Scharnhorst (1938), Bismarck, "H," Graf Zeppelin, Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen Classes
 10.5 cm/45 SK C/32
Schlesien Class, Emden (1925), Torpedo Boats, F-Boats and Type I, Type IX and Type X U-boats
 10.5 cm/55 SK C/28
Bremse and Wolf Classes
 10.5 cm/45 SK L/45
10.5 cm/45 SK C/06
10.5 cm/45 Flak L/45
10.5 cm/45 Tbts L/45
10.5 cm/45 Ubts L/45
Kolberg, Magdeburg, Karlsruhe, Graudenz, G96, V170 and U61 Classes

Möwe Class, F-boats, Type 40s and some minesweepers

 10.5 cm/40 SK L/40
Grazelle, Bremen (1904), Königsberg (1907), Dresden and Tiger (1900) Classes
 10.5 cm/35 SK L/35
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm Class

Smaller Caliber and Anti-Aircraft Guns

8.8 cm/45 SK C/35
Type VII U-Boats
 8.8 cm/76 SK C/32
Königsberg (1929), Leipzieg and Nürnberg Classes
 8.8 cm/78 SK C/31
Lützow (ex-Deutschland) Class
 8.8 cm/45 SK C/30
8.8cm/45 KM41
Small Warships of World War II
 8.8 cm/75 SK C/25
Königsberg (1929) Class
 8.8 cm/45 SK L/45
8.8 cm/45 Tbts L/45
8.8 cm/45 Flak L/45
Capital Ships, Destroyers and Torpedo Boats of World War I

Emden (1925), Lützow (ex-Deutschland) and Königsberg (1929) Classes

 8.8 cm/35 SK L/35
Coastal Battleships and Cruisers of the 1890s
 8.8 cm/30 SK L/30
8.8 cm/30 Tbts KL/30
8.8 cm/30 Ubts L/30
8.8 cm/30 Ubts + Tbts Flak L30
Coastal Battleships and Cruisers of the 1890s, Gunboats of the 1900s and Torpedo boats and U-Boats of World War I
 3"/50RF Mark 33 (USA)
Z1 to Z6 (ex-USN Fletcher Class destroyers)
 7.5 cm/36 SK C/34
Small Warships of World War II
 6 cm/21 C/98
6 cm/21 S-Bts KL/21
6 cm/21 Bts KL/21
Landing Guns
 5.5 cm/77 Gerät 58
Type 42C Destroyers
 5.2 cm/55 SK L/55
Cruisers and Large Torpedo Boats of the early 1900s
 5 cm/40 Tbts KL/40
5 cm/40 SK L/40
Cruisers and Torpedo Boats of 1890s
UB18 class (type UBII) U-Boats
 4 cm/56 Flak 28
Many ships after 1943
 3.7 cm/57 M43
Many ships after 1944
 3.7 cm/69 M42
Many ships after 1944
 3.7 cm/83 SK C/30
Almost all warships between 1930 and 1943
 3 cm/53 Flak 103
Planned for Type XXI U-boats
 2 cm/65 C/30
2 cm/65 C/38
Almost all warships between 1930 and 1945
 2 cm/70 Flak 28 and 29
A few ships between 1939 and 1945
 8.6 cm Raketen
Patrol Vessels and Destroyers 1944 to 1945
 38 cm Raketenwerfer 61 L/5.4
Coastal Defense 1942