the ship carried five sk c/34 guns in single mounts with gun shields, two each superimposed, fore and aft. the fifth gun was carried on top of the aft superstructure. her anti-aircraft armament consisted of four sk c/30 guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear funnel and six c/30 guns in single mounts. "hans lody" carried eight above-water torpedo tubes in two power-operated mounts. a pair of reload torpedoes were provided for each mount. four depth charge throwers were mounted on the sides of the rear deckhouse and they were supplemented by six racks for individual depth charges on the sides of the stern. enough depth charges were carried for either two or four patterns of 16 charges each. mine rails could be fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60 mines. a system of passive hydrophones designated as 'ghg' ("gruppenhorchgerät") was fitted to detect submarines and the "s-gerät" active sonar system was scheduled to be installed during february 1940.