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Canon de 145 L modèle 1916 Saint-Chamond or 145 L 16 was a French heavy artillery piece designed and produced during the First World War. From 1918, many were rebored to use 155 mm shells and renamed Canon de 155 L modèle 1916 Saint-Chamond (155 L 16).
145: Canon de 145 L modele 1916 Saint-Chamond France: World War I - World War II 149.1: 15 cm SK L/45 German Empire: World War II: 149.1: 15 cm SK C/28 Nazi Germany: World War II: 152: BL 6 inch Mk III, IV, VI United Kingdom: 1880 - 1905 152: BL 6 inch gun Mk V Elswick export gun United Kingdom: 1884 - 1945 152: BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun ...
Despite the advent of new technologies like aircraft, machine guns, and armored vehicles, artillery was the primary weapon of land warfare in World War I. Artillery was the principal threat to ground troops in the war and was the main reason for the development of trench warfare.
1 made; 16-inch conversion of a 18-inch Mk I (40 caliber) gun; an experimental gun used for prototype for the 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I guns destined for the Nelson-class battleships; never used in combat (this gun was not used in combat as 18-inch gun and not used in combat after conversion into 16-inch gun); none survives [29] 406
Canon de 155 L Modele 1917 Schneider; Canon de 155 L modèle 1918 Schneider; Canon de 164 modèle 1893/96 TAZ; Canon de 194 GPF; Canon de 220 L mle 1917; Canon de 240 L Mle 1884; Canon de 240 modèle 93/96 TAZ; Canon de 240 TR Mle 1903; Canon de 274 modèle 87/93 Glissement; Canon de 274 modèle 93/96 Berceau; Canon de 305 mm Modèle 1887 ...
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The U.S. Navy had the 16"/50-caliber Mark 2 guns left over from the canceled Lexington-class battlecruisers and South Dakota-class battleships of the early 1920s. However it was already apparent that the Mark 2 was too heavy to arm the North Carolina and new South Dakota (1939) battleship classes which had to adhere to the 35,000 ton standard displacement set by the Second London Naval Treaty.
These are types of guns used during World War I.. The term "Gun" is used to describe a cannon that fires a shell at high velocity in a relatively flat trajectory and increases range by elevating the muzzle; this compares to a Howitzer, which fires a shell at lower velocity in a high trajectory.