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Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. [1] In modern times, coastal artillery has generally been replaced with anti-ship missiles , such as the Ukrainian R-360 Neptune .
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps (3 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Coastal artillery" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 275 total.
12-inch coast defense mortar United States: 1895 - 1945 305: 12-inch gun M1895 United States: 1895 - 1945 305: 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun Nazi Germany: 1909 - 1945 340: 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 gun France: World War II: 343: BL 13.5 inch naval gun Mk III disappearing gun United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 343: BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun United ...
The Coast Artillery was designated to provide the personnel for all US-manned heavy artillery (155 mm gun and larger), almost all railway artillery, and later anti-aircraft artillery units. As with most US Army World War I equipment, these units were primarily equipped with French- and British-made weapons, with few American-made heavy weapons ...
The 12/80 construction was largely based on the army Haubits 77, sharing the same carriage with auxiliary power unit to make it self-propelled for tactical movement. Even the barrel had similar external dimensions, although the coastal artillery gun had a 12 cm calibre compared to the howitzer's 15,5 cm.
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Eighteen of the guns were subsequently purchased by Spain for use as coastal artillery. [1] The guns could fire an armour-piercing shell weighing 860 kilograms (1,900 lb) at a velocity of 762 metres per second (2,500 ft/s) or a high-explosive shell weighing 802 kilograms (1,768 lb) to a range of 35,100 metres (115,200 ft).
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