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The gun Jack Cornwell served in his Victoria Cross action on the forecastle of HMS Chester. Boy Seaman First Class Jack Cornwell was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for heroism in serving his gun on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. British 5.5-inch naval gun from World War II at Skansin fortress, Tórshavn, Faroe ...
When 6-gun batteries were introduced in the late 1950s, medium regiments had 18 guns and the third battery in each field regiment was equipped with 5.5 inch guns instead of 25-pounder guns. It remained in UK service with Territorial Army regiments until 1980 and in Australian service until replaced by M198 in about 1984.
BL 7.5 inch Mk I naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War I 190.5 mm (7.50 in) BL 7.5 inch Mk II - V naval gun various 50-caliber guns United Kingdom: World War I 190.5 mm (7.50 in) BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: 1920s - World War II 190.5 mm (7.50 in) Cannone da 190/45 United Kingdom Italy
The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] It was designed and built by United Defense, a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which continued manufacture.
8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on many Japanese ships built between 1910 and 1930. Type 41 3-inch (7.62 cm)/40-caliber naval gun Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun - gun used on almost all Japanese warships of World War II.
12.8 cm FlaK 40, German heavy anti-aircraft gun firing lighter shell; QF 4.5-inch naval gun, the Royal Navy's medium-calibre dual-purpose gun; 5"/38 caliber gun, the main US Navy dual-purpose gun during World War II; Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929, French naval gun of similar size; 135 mm /45 Italian naval gun, Italian naval gun of similar size
14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun; 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15; B. BL 5.5-inch medium gun; BL 5.5-inch Mk I naval gun; G. Gonzalez Hontoria de 14 cm mod 1883; S. Skoda 14 ...
Naval gun: Place of origin: Japan: Service history; In service: ... (6 inch), 14 cm (5.5 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns. [3] 1 GÔ (Mark I ...