Updated 11 February 2007

The famous battleship Bismarck
Photograph courtesy Lee Francis Wilhelmsen

38 cm guns being hoisted aboard Tirpitz during construction

Another view of one of the 38 cm guns being assembled on to Tirpitz

Bow turrets of Bismarck
Note the "Flying Bridge" wings and that turret "Anton" has rangefinders

Another view of the forward turrets of Bismarck
Note missing rangefinders on turret "Anton" which were sold to the USSR

A close view of Tirpitz's Turret "Dora"

Profile view of Tirpitz guns
Detail from U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 71388

Cross-section of a German 38 cm (14.96") APC Projectile
Original sketch by William Jurens with additional work by Tony DiGiulian

Expended 38 cm Hauptkartusche (Main Charges) on Tirpitz

One of the four 38 cm SK C/34 guns in BSG-39 mountings at Battery Hanstholm II, Hanstholm (Hanstead), Denmark, in the Summer of 1941
Photograph courtesy of Museumcenter Hanstholm and used here by permission

Breech end of one of the 38 cm guns at Battery Hanstholm II
These guns survived the war only to be scrapped in the mid-1950s
Photograph courtesy of Museumcenter Hanstholm and used here by permission

One of the 38 cm guns at Battery Hanstholm II
Photograph courtesy of Museumcenter Hanstholm and used here by permission

Kristiansand Kanonmuseum, Norway