| has gloss | eng: The 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel)) was a German railroad gun that served on both the Eastern Front (World War I) and the Western Front in World War I. Originally a naval gun it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1915. One gun saw service in the Belgian Army after the war. The Germans used that gun in World War II after Belgium's surrender on coast-defense duties for the rest of the war. |
