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This used the Elswick three-motion short-arm mechanism, much like the British BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun designed around the same time. Chamber volume was 467.11 litres (28,505 cu in). [1] Rear view of the gun on display at the Yamato Museum. Initially the gun was fitted in twin-gun turrets that had an elevation range of –2°/+35°. [2]
Owing to the interchangeability of the guns, the battleships fitted with the 14-inch/45-caliber guns often had guns of various Marks installed on each turret. [ 3 ] In the 1930s, the Mark 1, 2, 3, and 5 were upgraded to allow for increased charges and muzzle velocities, resulting in the Mark 8, 9, 10, and 12, respectively.
A gun turret (or simply turret) is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in some degree ...
28 cm SK C/28 naval gun were used on the famous Panzerschiffes - Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. For needed elevation turrets were fitted with RPC. Shells used in the guns were of inferior ballistic characteristics when compared to successor 28 cm SK C/34.
Firing ports (Clockwise from top left) of a Crusader tank, Sherman tank, T-34-85, Tiger I.The T-34-85 features an armor plug over the firing port. [1]A firing port, sometimes called a pistol port, is a small opening in armored vehicles, fortified structures like bunkers, [2] or other armored equipment that allows small arms to be safely fired out of the vehicle at enemy infantry, often to ...
The turret and ammunition-handling facilities incorporated many anti-flash measures and interlocks, improving safety but adding to complexity. [9] Revolving weight of mountings: quadruple Mk III 1,582 tons, twin Mk II 915 tons. [10] In service, the quad turrets proved to be less reliable than was hoped for.
This gun was designed as a smaller and lighter version of the 15 cm SK C/25 guns used as the main armament of the Königsberg- and Leipzig-class cruisers. It shared the earlier gun's design with a loose barrel, jacket and breech-piece with a vertical sliding breech block.
A turret gun is a type of multi-shot hand-held firearm. It is a variation on the percussion revolver , designed with chambers in a drum mounted so it would rotate horizontally (around a vertically mounted pivot), rather than around a horizontal axis, in an attempt to circumvent the patent of Samuel Colt .