Guns
| Heavy artillery | Introduction |
| 28 cm Krupp L/42,5 | The Dutch Navy bought most of its guns from Krupp in German before World War I. After the war ended, Krupp was no longer allowed to produce weaponry, and the Bofors factory in Sweden (largely owned by Krupp) fulfilled the oustanding contracts. The main guns for the ships after the Dutch Admiralen-class destroyers were built by the ordnance division of the Wilton Fijenoord yard in Schiedam, thus ensuring delivery. Needless to say, the difference in calibres caused some logistical problems during World War II, fortunately without hampering the ships in their operations too much. The subject remains elusive up to this day, and there is little information about this in Dutch sources. The best source for this is John Campbell's "Naval Weapons of World War II". Some information was obtained from this source, which was augmented by a few datasheets from Jane's Fighting Ships of 1931 and World War II. Needless to say, I welcome any additions you may have. |
| 24 cm Krupp Nos. 1 and 2 | |
| Medium artillery | |
| 15 cm Nos. 6, 7 and 8 | |
| 15 cm Nos. 9, 10 and 11 | |
| 12 cm Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 | |
| 12 cm No. 8 | |
| 12 cm Mk XII | |
| Light artillery | |
| 10,5 cm semi-automatic No.1 | |
| 10 cm Mark 16 | |
| 7,5 cm Nos. 1,2,3 & 4 semi-automatic | |
| 7,5 cm No.4 | |
| AA artillery | |
| 40 mm Vickers No.1 | |
| 40 mm Bofors L/60 No. 3 & 4 | |
| 20 mm Hispano Suiza no. 404 | |
| 20 mm Oerlikon | |
| Vickers .50 Mark 3 | |
| Lewis .30 MG |
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