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12 cm kan M/94 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1894) Sweden-Norway: 1890s - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm kan M/11 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1911) Sweden: World War I - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm kan M/24 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1924) Sweden: Interwar - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50
List of Naval Guns by country of origin. List of naval guns by caliber size Naval anti-aircraft guns. See also. List of artillery; List of the largest cannon by ...
Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun - Gun used on older destroyers. 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun - Akizuki-class destroyer , aircraft carrier Taihō, Ōyodo. 8 cm/60 Type 98 naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on Agano-class cruisers. 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on many Japanese ships built between 1910 and 1930.
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571–1862: when large, sail-powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas, mounting a large variety of types and sizes of cannon as their main armament. By modern standards, these cannon were extremely inefficient, difficult to load, and short ranged.
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Early 15th-century Flemish giant cannon Dulle Griet at Ghent (caliber of 660 mm). This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre artillery can be divided into three periods, based on the kind of projectiles used, due to their dissimilar characteristics, and being practically ...
There are many types, including chain guns, gast guns, revolver cannons, and rotary cannons. They are being used as military aircraft main guns, naval guns, anti-aircraft weapons, infantry fighting vehicle main guns and are occasionally found on reconnaissance vehicles like the LAV-25.
The cannon shot (c. 1680), by Willem van de Velde the Younger. The 16th century was an era of transition in naval warfare. Since ancient times, war at sea had been fought much like that on land: with melee weapons and bows and arrows, but on floating wooden platforms rather than battlefields.