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The 12"/50 caliber gun Mark 8 was a US naval gun mounted on the Alaska-class cruiser. The gun, like the "large cruiser" that mounted it, was intended to fill the gap between US "heavy cruisers" (6-8") and US battleships (14-16"). The name describes the size of the shells, 12 inches in diameter, and the length of the bore in calibers (50 bore ...
The 12-inch (305 mm)/40 caliber gun was developed after the Spanish–American War to use the new smokeless powder that had recently been adopted by the Navy. The Mark 3, gun Nos. 15–48 and 50–56, was constructed of tube , jacket, and eight hoops .
4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 55-caliber United Kingdom: Cold War - Modern 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm/12 short naval gun Japan: World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun Japan: World War I - World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun Japan: World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun Japan
The 12"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun (spoken "twelve-inch-fifty-caliber") was a United States Navy's naval gun that first entered service in 1912. Initially designed for use with the Wyoming class of dreadnought battleships, the Mark 7 also armed the Argentine Navy 's Rivadavia -class battleships .
General Dynamics F-16C Block 30, AF Serial No. 85-1412 of the 301st Fighter Wing , NAS Fort Worth JRB, Carswell Field, Texas Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules, AF Serial No. 85-1362 from the Texas Air National Guard's 136th Airlift Wing based at NAS Fort Worth JRB, Carswell Field on the ramp at Bagram AB, Afghanistan on Wednesday, 31 May 2006.
On Tuesday night Oct. 1, two people were injured in a drive-by shooting in the 3900 block of Golden Horn Lane, in south Fort Worth. This is a developing story. For the latest updates, sign up for ...
The Fort Worth Police Department didn’t use Martin’s name in its statement regarding the initial hit-and-run shooting investigation but identified him in a news release Friday announcing his ...
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships. The 38- caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun .