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2. QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV naval gun - Wikipedia

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   10,000 yards (9,100 m) at 20°, 12,000 yards (11,000 m) at 24° [note 3] The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV [note 4] were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s that served with the navies of various countries. They were also mounted on various wheeled carriages to ...

3. 4-inch/40-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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   The 4-inch (102 mm) Mark 1 Mod 0 was a built-up gun constructed in a length of 40 caliber. The Mod 0 had a tube, jacket, and two hoops, hooped to 50 in (1,300 mm) from the muzzle, all of gun steel. All Mark 1s were fitted with slotted-screw breeches but were later refitted with Fletcher rapid-fire breeches. The Mark 1 was described in the 1902 ...

4. 4.7 inch gun - Wikipedia

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   A 4.7 inch Gun is any of a number of British-built 120 mm naval artillery guns. Several of these guns were designed and manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company, part of Armstrong Whitworth. They were a major export item and hence were actually of 120 mm calibre (4.724 inches) to meet the requirements of metricised navies (although the size ...

5. Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay - Wikipedia

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   The remounted 5-inch and 6-inch guns were sent to France, but their units did not complete training in time to see action. [42] The 5-inch guns were removed from service in 1920. By this time, pedestal mounts for 6-inch guns were known to be superior to disappearing mounts, being able to more rapidly track targets with a faster rate of fire.

6. QF 2-pounder naval gun - Wikipedia

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   71 g (2.5 oz) The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. [note 1] The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing. This QF 2-pounder was not the same gun as the ...

7. M114 155 mm howitzer - Wikipedia

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   Board also recommended that the new 155-mm howitzer and the new 4.7-inch (120 mm) gun share all the carriage, even if it compromises both designs. The M1920 carriage resulting from this requirements was of the split-trail type with pneumatic equilibrators , permitting a total traverse of 60°. [ 2 ]