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The 100 mm (3.9 in) L/65 caliber Type 98 gun utilized a horizontal sliding breech, in addition to either monobloc (made from a single forging) or replaceable liner construction of the barrel. 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 ...
4-inch (101.6 mm) Breech: vertical sliding-block: Recoil: hydro - pneumatic 831 millimetres (33 in) Elevation: mounting dependent (-10 to 80 deg on H.A. twin mark XIX mount) [3] Traverse: mounting dependent: Rate of fire: 15–20 rounds per minute [4] Muzzle velocity: 2,660 feet per second (811 m/s) Maximum firing range
The Type 79 Twin 100 mm gun is the first indigenously developed large caliber Chinese naval gun. A decision was made in 1970 to replace the Soviet 100/56 Bu-34 single 100 mm semi-enclosed gun mount. By June 1973, the first batch was completed and two were installed onboard frigates for test and evaluation. Two more upgrades were eventually ...
As of 1955 it was getting replaced in Soviet service by the T-12 antitank gun and the 85 mm antitank gun D-48. A number of BS-3 pieces are still stored in Russian Ground Forces arsenals. In 2012, at least 12 BS-3 guns were still active with the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division , located on the Kuril Islands , used as anti-ship and anti ...
The Type H/PJ87 100 mm naval gun is a further development of the Type 210, [1] mounted on a stealth modified turret to reduce radar cross-section. It armed the early Type 052-series destroyers [ 2 ] and will arm the Type 054B frigate .
The 3-inch 20 cwt gun was superseded by the QF 3.7-inch (94 mm) AA gun from 1938 onwards, but numbers of various Marks remained in service throughout World War II. In Naval use it was being replaced in the 1920s by the QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mk V on HA (high-angle) mounting.
The 100 mm gun sp has been used in the French navy on most warships equal or greater than avisos (the A69 especially, built and exported in 20 units). The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle , with her MBDA Aster -only defence, is the main exception.
This category includes 4-inch and Russian 40 line guns, which are actually 101.6 mm. Pages in category "100 mm artillery" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.