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The Mark 3 was a 48.9 calibers built-up gun designed and built in the United Kingdom for use in the two New Orleans-class protected cruisers that the US Navy had purchased from the United Kingdom before the Spanish–American War. They were based on the British 4.7-inch Gun Mark IV, but a non-standard export model, the standard Mark IV was 40 ...
This led to the development of the 10-inch/40 caliber gun. [1] The Mark 3 was specifically designed for the Tennessee-class armored cruisers, numbered in order after the Mark 1 and Mark 2s, Nos. 27–47, with No. 27 being delivered in February 1906. Nos. 27–31, 36, and 45 were all Mod 0s, with Nos. 37–44, 46, and 47 being Mod 1s.
4.7-inch/50-caliber Mark 1–3 guns (Armstrong) 4-inch/50-caliber Mark 7–10 guns; 4-inch/40-caliber Mark 1–6 guns; 76-mm/62-caliber Mark 75 gun; 3-inch/70-caliber Mark 26 gun; 3-inch/50-caliber Mark 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 17–22 guns; 3-inch/23-caliber Mark 9, 13, & 14 guns; 3-inch/21-caliber Mark 1 gun (field gun for United States Navy and ...
The Mark 3, gun Nos. 15–48 and 50–56, was constructed of tube, jacket, and eight hoops. It was found that the early guns suffered from excessive bore erosion, in an attempt to fix this the Navy reduced the propellant charges to reduce the muzzle velocity, because of this the Mark 4, gun Nos. 49, 58–60, 150–154, and 179, was similar to ...
Mark III or Mark 3 often refers to the third version of a product, frequently military hardware. "Mark", meaning "model" or "variant", can be abbreviated "Mk."
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The Mark 3 Experimental was a 30 caliber gun that used trunnions and had 11 hoops with the outer hoop starting 4 in (100 mm) from the breech and running out to the muzzle. The Mark 3s consisted of gun Nos. 9 – 27, 33 – 37, and 51.