German 52mm WW1 gun

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Gary
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German 52mm WW1 gun

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Hi all.

In WW1, The German navy mounted a 52mm (2 inch) gun as a secondary armament on its Emden sized light cruisers.
I assume that the designers considered this an effective anti torpedo boat weapon for its day.
Was it a successful weapon?
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At the time it was considered a decent and adequate weapon (1900-1910), and it has fairly good ballistics, but on the whole, the 5,2cm was left behind as torpedo boats became larger and sturdier and when destroyers were introduced. By WW1 it was hopelessly inadequate as 7,5 to 8,8cm was consdered to be the minimum size needed for anti torpedo boat defence.

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Thanks Tommy
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Re: German 52mm WW1 gun

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I found your post quite by accident, I am currently researching the 55mm gun on the Emden as we have part of a shell cassing in our collection that is reputed to by off the Emden. Do you know of any web sites that show the dimensions of the round and an image of the gun type.

Any assistance will help. :cool:
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