Photo #: NH 97507
German 150mm twin gun turret
The port forward 150mm turret of the battleship Gneisenau
or Scharnhorst, seen from ahead, circa 1939-40. Single-mounted
150mm guns are beyond, at main deck level, with 105mm twin anti-aircraft
guns above.
This is a halftone image, clipped by the U.S. Office of Naval
Intelligence from the contemporary German booklet "Deutsche
Seemacht".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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