Updated 15 December 2013

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, which were later removed

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) after a practice shoot on Tirpitz

Well-known picture of 38 cm gun of Battery Todt
Note the shadow on the left, showing the profile of the gun shield
Photograph by Herman Harz
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-USZ62-17640

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
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

38 cm gun on display
The other guns at this site were scrapped in the mid-1950s
Click on this picture for a larger image
Photograph courtesy of Museumcenter Hanstholm and used here by permission

Additional Images at

Axis History Factbook

Kristiansand Kanonmuseum, Norway

11 February 2007 - Benchmark
02 April 2009 - Changed a few captions
29 March 2010 - Added picture of Battery Todt gun
09 September 2010 - Fixed broken link
15 December 2013 - Redid photograph of gun being hoisted aboard Tirpitz