Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
14,800 meters (48,600 ft) at 45°. The 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun (40 Kokei Hachikyu Shiki 12 Senchi 7 Kokakuho) was a Japanese anti-aircraft (AA) gun introduced before World War II. It was the Imperial Japanese Navy 's standard heavy AA gun during the war. The Type 89 was adopted by the IJN on February 6, 1932, and was the primary anti ...
The 12 cm/12 short naval gun was an autofretted monobloc gun with an interrupted screw breech that fired fixed QF ammunition. The trunnioned gun barrel had a hydro-spring recoil mechanism above and below the barrel and was mounted on a center pivot HA/LA gun mount. [ 4] The gun was normally mounted on merchant ships below 5,000 GRT and also saw ...
12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun Japan: 1928 - World War II 127 mm (5.0 in) 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun Japan: 1932 - World War II 127 mm (5.0 in) Otobreda 127/54 Compact Italy: Cold War 127 mm (5.0 in) Otobreda 127/64 Italy: Modern 128 mm (5.0 in) 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun Nazi Germany: 1930s - World War II 130 mm (5.1 in)
A 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun at the Yasukuni Shrine. The Type 41 3-inch (76 mm) naval gun otherwise known as the 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese dual-purpose gun introduced before World War I. Although designated as 8 cm (3.15 in), its shells were 76.2 mm (3 in) in diameter.
The gun featured a spring-powered rammer that was cocked by means of the recoil of the gun being fired; this allowed the rammer to load the gun at any elevation. 116 guns went to ship-based mounts: 12 for Taiho and 8 each on Oyodo and the 12 Akizuki-class destroyers. A shortcoming of the gun was that it had a service life of only 350-400 full ...
12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun; 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun; B. Bateleur FV2; BL 5-inch howitzer; BL 5-inch gun Mk I – V; BL 60-pounder gun; O. Otobreda 127/54 Compact;
Maximum firing range. Vertical: 10,000 m (33,000 ft) The Type 10 or 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun was a Japanese 120 mm calibre dual purpose anti-aircraft and coastal defense gun used during the Second World War. It was derived from the 12 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun. The Type 10 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted ...
To keep weight within design limits, the catapults were removed, and on almost all vessels, the No.5 and No.7 turrets were replaced by a twin-mount 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun and additional single and triple-mount Type 96 25 mm AA guns, wherever room permitted, supplemented by 13-mm machine guns. [5]