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The 46 cm (18.1 in) 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval rifle was a wire-wound gun.Mounted in three 3-gun turrets (nine per ship), they served as the main armament of the two Yamato-class battleships that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
The Yamato-class battleships had primary armaments consisting of three 3-gun turrets mounting 46 cm (18.1 in)/45 caliber Type 94 naval guns – the largest guns ever fitted to a warship, [6] although they were officially designated as the 40 cm/45 caliber (15.9 in) Type 94 [52] – each of which weighed 2,774 tonnes for the complete mount. [53]
Overwhelmed by the number of targets, the battleship's anti-aircraft guns were ineffective, and the Japanese tried desperate measures to break up the attack. Yamato ' s main guns were loaded with "beehive" shells fused to explode one second after firing – a mere 1,000 m (3,300 ft) from the ship – but these had little effect. Three or four ...
The 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type (60口径三年式15.5cm3連装砲, 60 kōkei sannenshiki 15.5 centi sanrensōhō) was a dual-purpose naval gun used by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the Yamato-class battleships as secondary armament in four triple turrets, the Mogami-class cruisers in five triple turrets (later converted to five twin 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun turrets) and on the light ...
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 ] It was initially equipped with the Type 88 1,000-kilogram (2,200 lb) armor-piercing, capped (APC) shell, that had a muzzle velocity of 790 m/s (2,600 ft/s). [ 3 ]
Type 41 12-inch 45 caliber naval gun; Type 41 12-inch (305 mm)/40-caliber naval gun; Type 41 10 inch 45 caliber naval gun; 10 in/40 Type 41 naval gun; 20 cm/50 3rd year Type No.2 - gun used on heavy cruisers. 20 cm/50 3rd year Type No.1 - gun used on older heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga. Type 41 8-inch (203 mm)/45-caliber ...
10"/31 caliber gun United States: 1890s - 1921 254 mm (10.0 in) 10"/40 caliber gun Mark 3 United States: 1890 - 1921 254 mm (10.0 in) RML 10 inch 18 ton gun United Kingdom: 1868 - 1900s 254 mm (10.0 in) BL 10 inch Mk II - IV 32-caliber guns United Kingdom: 1885 - 1900s 254 mm (10.0 in) Cannone da 254/40 A Kingdom of Italy: 1893 - 1940s
A 46 cm (18 in) Sanshiki shell displayed at the Yamato Museum The explosion of a 46 cm (18 in) San Shikidan incendiary anti-aircraft shell San-shiki-dan (三式弾, "Type 3 shell") was a World War II-era combined shrapnel and incendiary anti-aircraft round used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.