Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Coast Artillery was designated to provide the personnel for all US-manned heavy artillery (155 mm gun and larger), almost all railway artillery, and later anti-aircraft artillery units. As with most US Army World War I equipment, these units were primarily equipped with French- and British-made weapons, with few American-made heavy weapons ...
The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945. For most of their history they were operated by the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps .
Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891 France: World War I - World War II 105: 10.5 cm tornautomatpjäs m/50 Sweden: Cold War 120: Canon de 120mm L mle 1931 Belgium: World War II 120: 4.7 inch gun United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 120: 12 cm tornautomatpjäs m/70 Sweden: Cold War 120: 12 cm mobile coastal artillery gun m/80 Sweden: Cold War 120
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. [1] In modern times, coastal artillery has generally been replaced with anti-ship missiles , such as the Ukrainian R-360 Neptune .
Coastal defence weapons throughout history were heavy naval guns or weapons based on them, often supplemented by lighter weapons. In the late 19th century separate batteries of coastal artillery replaced forts in some countries; in some areas these became widely separated geographically through the mid-20th century as weapon ranges increased.
Canon de 19 C modèle 1875; Canon de 24 C modèle 1876; Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891; Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1910 naval gun; Canon de 145 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond; Canon de 155 mm GPF; Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1902 gun; Canon de 240 L Mle 1884; Coast Artillery fire control system; Coastal artillery of the Dardanelles Strait; Coastal ...
Media in category "Coast artillery regiments of the United States Army" This category contains only the following file. Battery A, (Searchlight) 206th CA 1932.JPG 5,129 × 1,803; 3.91 MB
16 in Mark III coastal defense gun on a proof mount at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The second 16-inch (406 mm) gun was the United States Army 50 caliber Model 1919 (M1919). The first of these was deployed to Fort Michie , Great Gull Island , New York on a unique all-around-fire M1917 disappearing carriage, with elevation increased from ...