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The 8"/55 caliber gun (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber") formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8 inch × 55 = 440 inches ...
The 8"/55 Mark 71 gun was a single gun adaptation of the 8"/55 Mark 16 gun found in the triple turrets on Des Moines-class cruisers. The prototype gun mount weighed 86 tons and was approximately 20 percent heavier than the 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun it replaced. The prototype could fire ten to twelve rounds per minute from a 75-round automatic ...
The Mk III gun was designed by the Elswick Ordnance Company as a modification of the Royal Arsenal (Woolwich) designs. It was trunnionless and made entirely of steel. It was connected to its carriage by way of three 'thrust-collars' which were formed on the exterior halfway round on the lower side of the gun beneath the center of gravity.
The gun can fire various types of tank ammunitions including MKE made APFSDS-T, TPCSDS-T Training and High Pressure. [6] The gun is also able to fire Roketsan made TANOK gun-launched 120 mm laser guided anti-tank missile with range of 1-6 km. [7] The tank gun might be able to fire 120×570 mm NATO tank ammunition.
The CN08 (Cannon 08) is a 120 mm 55-caliber smoothbore tank gun produced by Hyundai WIA.It is incorrectly known as the licensed production of the Rheinmetall Rh-120 L/55, but it was indigenously developed by the Agency for Defense Development and WIA (now Hyundai WIA) from 2003 to 2008 for the XK2 development project started in 1995.
4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII : equivalent British destroyer guns, firing a shell nearly 12 pounds lighter, to a range 2,000 yards less than the German gun. 5"/38 caliber gun : equivalent US gun, but unlike the German gun had dual-purpose mount allowing anti-aircraft fire. However, the 5"/38 caliber was a lighter weapon, and had a shorter barrel.
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QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun United Kingdom: World War II 57: 57 55 J Finland: 1950 - 1965 75: 7.5 cm tornpjäs m/57 Sweden: 1962 - 2000 75: 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 Russian Empire: World War I - World War II: 76.2: QF 12 pounder 12 cwt United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 76.2: Type 41 8 cm naval gun Japan: World War II 76.2: 3-inch gun ...