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Maximum firing range 8,870 metres (9,700 yd) at +40° [ 2 ] The QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun [ note 1 ] was a British low-velocity 4-inch 40- calibre naval gun used to arm small warships such as Bathurst and Castle-class corvette and some River-class frigate in World War II , mainly against submarines.
Crew of a dual 4-inch at action stations aboard HMS Berwick while in screening the Atlantic Convoys in May 1943. The Mk XVI superseded the earlier QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun on many Royal Navy ships during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The ammunition fired by the Mk V gun and the Mk XVI guns were different.
Gun No. 4, the first Mark 2, was completed in September 1890. [2] The Mark 3 Mod 0, M1890, would be the production version of the 4-inch/40 caliber bag gun with a total of 69 built in five Mods. The Mod 1 added a screw-box liner and chamber liner allowing it to use fixed ammunition along with only one hoop and a locking hoop and was hooped to ...
Drill for 4 -inch Q.F. gun (land service). 1914 at State Library of Victoria; Gun drill for 4 inch Q.F. mark III gun (land service) 1924 at State Library of Victoria; Tony DiGiulian, British 4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Marks I, II and III; Diagram of gun on garrison carriage at Victorian Forts and Artillery page
102 mm (4.0 in) BL 4 inch Mk VIII & XI 40-caliber United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) QF 4 inch Mk I - III 40-caliber United Kingdom: 1895 - World War I 102 mm (4.0 in) QF 4 inch Mk IV, XII, XXII 40-caliber United Kingdom
The fatal shooting of a student and a teacher at a private Christian school in Wisconsin on Monday was laden with shock, even for a nation dulled by the horror of repeated school massacres.
Work on installing the retractable bollards that will be used for closing downtown Adrian streets during events is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 28.
Image credits: Westford Animal Control / Facebook A woman walking by the Nabnasset Lake in Westfold, Massachusetts, noticed a cat stuck on the ice in the middle of the lake and immediately called ...