Austria-Hungary
15 cm/50 (5.9") K10 Skoda
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Italy
150 mm/47 (5.9") Skoda
Updated 05 September 2010
Skoda guns built at the Pilsen works.  Used as secondary weapons of Austria-Hungary's battleships.

The battleship Tegetthoff was ceded after World War I to Italy, where she was scrapped and her guns then used as coastal artillery.

Actual bore diameter was 14.91 cm (5.87").
WNAust_59-50_Skoda_Viribus_Unitis_pic.jpg

Painting of Viribus Unitis
15 cm guns are in the amidships casemates
WNAust_59-50_Skoda_Veli_Brioni_pic.jpg

15 cm/50 Skoda gun at Batterie Madonna on the island of Veli Brioni near Pula, Croatia
This is only remaining complete gun of the four-gun battery
The engravings on this gun have been obscurred by rust, but it appears that this is gun serial number 15 and was manufactured in 1912
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen and used here by his kind permission
WNAust_59-50_Skoda_Veli_Brioni_breech_pic.jpg

Rear view of above weapon.  Opening in casemate appears to have been enlarged, allowing higher elevations
Note sliding breechblock, typical of Krupp and Skoda weapons of this period
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen and used here by his kind permission
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Gun Characteristics
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Designation 15 cm/50 (5.9") K10 Skoda
Ship Class Used On Austria-Hungary:  Viribus Unitis class
Italy:  Coastal Artillery
Date Of Design 1910
Date In Service 1912
Gun Weight N/A
Gun Length oa
(see Note)		 295 in (7.500 m)
Bore Length N/A
Rifling Length N/A
Grooves N/A
Lands N/A
Twist N/A
Chamber Volume N/A
Rate Of Fire 6 rounds per minute
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Ammunition
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Type Separate
Projectile Types and Weights HE - 100 lbs. (45.5 kg)
AP - 100 lbs. (45.5 kg)
Bursting Charge N/A
Projectile Length N/A
Propellant Charge 37 lbs. (16.85 kg)
Muzzle Velocity 2,887 fps (880 mps)
Working Pressure 17.4 tons/in2 (2,745 kg/cm2)
Approximate Barrel Life N/A
Ammunition stowage per gun N/A
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Range
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Elevation With 100 lbs. (45.5 kg) Shell
Range @ 15 degrees about 16,400 yards (15,000 m)
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Armor Penetration with 100 lbs. (45.5 kg) AP Shell
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Range
KC Side Armor
Striking Velocity
1,100 yards (1,000 m)
5.7" (145 mm)
N/A
Note:  This data is from "A Szent István Csatahajó" (The battleship Szent István).
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Mount / Turret Data
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Designation Single Casement Mounts
   Viribus Unitis (12)
Weight  N/A
Elevation -6 / +15 degrees
Elevation Rate Manual operation, only
Train about +60 / -60 degrees
Train Rate Manual operation, only
Gun recoil N/A
Note:  The casemate mounts on these battleships were poorly designed, as they lacked ventilation.  If smoke penetrated into them, the guncrews could not function.
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Data from
"Naval Weapons of World War Two" by John Campbell
"The Viribus Unitis Class" article in "Warship Volume II" and "A's and A's" comments in "Warship Volume III" both by Friedrich Prasky
"A Szent István Csatahajó" (The battleship Szent István) by Balogh Tamás and Csepregi Oszkár
and
Tony DiGiulian's personal data files
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Special help from Daniel Papp
Page History

26 September 2007 - Benchmark
05 September 2010 - Added pictures of Batterie Madonna gun