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It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. [1] Only the Second-World-War Japanese 46 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, 18.1 inches (46 cm), but it fired a lighter shell. The gun was a scaled-up version of the BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun and was developed to equip the "large light cruiser" (a form of battlecruiser) Furious ...
BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch naval guns Mk XIII – XVIII United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch Mk XXII naval gun 50-caliber United Kingdom: 1920s - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun 50-caliber
The 18"/48 caliber Mark 1 – United States Naval Gun was the initial name and design for a large caliber naval gun in the early 1920s. After the Washington Naval Treaty prohibited the development of guns larger than 16 in (406 mm), the gun was relined and finished as a high velocity 16"/56 Mark 4 gun.
BL 16.25-inch Mk I naval gun; BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun; Bofors 40 Mk4; ... Gas-checks in British RML heavy guns; Gyro rate unit; H. Hazemeyer gun mount; M. ML 8-inch ...
RML 9-pounder 8 and 6 cwt guns; RML 10-inch 18-ton gun; RML 11-inch 25-ton gun; RML 12-inch 25-ton gun; RML 12-inch 35-ton gun; RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun; RML 13-pounder 8 cwt; RML 16-inch 80-ton gun; RML 16-pounder 12 cwt; 100-ton gun; RML 64-pounder 58 cwt; RML 64-pounder 64 cwt gun; RML 64-pounder 71 cwt gun; RML 80 pounder 5 ton gun ...
The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of naval artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 19th century, on the second deck of third-rate ships of the line , and even on the third deck of late first-rate ships of the line.
The four BL 18-inch railway howitzers that were deployed during the Second World War were all scrapped in the post-war period. [3]Only the gun from the fifth howitzer, named "barrel number one", survives, [4] it was used for artillery testing at MoD Shoeburyness in 1920 before being put into storage at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. [4]
The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun (Quick-Firing) was a 3-inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats. 18 cwt referred to the weight of gun and breech (18 × 112 lb = 2,016 lb or 914 kg), to differentiate the gun from others that also fired the "12 pound" (actually 12.5 lb or 5.7 kg) shell.