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283 mm (11.1 in) 28 cm SK C/28 naval gun Nazi Germany: World War II 283 mm (11.1 in) 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun Nazi Germany: World War II 305 mm (12.0 in) RML 12 inch 25 ton gun United Kingdom: 1860s - 1870s 305 mm (12.0 in) RML 12 inch 35 ton gun United Kingdom: 1870s 305 mm (12.0 in) BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I - VII United Kingdom
The 18"/48 caliber Mark 1 – United States Naval Gun was the initial name and design for a large caliber naval gun in the early 1920s. After the Washington Naval Treaty prohibited the development of guns larger than 16 in (406 mm), the gun was relined and finished as a high velocity 16"/56 Mark 4 gun.
28,400 yards (26,000 m) [1] The Bofors 152 mm kanon m/42 is a naval gun for use on ships. It was initially used aboard light cruisers and cruisers including the Swedish Tre Kronor class and the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën class , after World War II .
2 List of naval guns by ... List of the largest cannon by caliber ... External links. NAVWEAPS – Naval weapons of the world, 1880 to today (retrieved 2010-02 ...
The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] It was designed and built by United Defense , a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments , which continued manufacture.
Each D839 propellant (smokeless powder) grain used for full charges for this gun was 2 in (51 mm) long, 1 in (25 mm) in diameter and had seven perforations, each 0.060 in (1.5 mm) in diameter with a web thickness range of 0.193 to 0.197 in (4.9 to 5.0 mm) between the perforations and the grain diameter. A maximum charge consisted of six silk ...
12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun - gun used on almost all Japanese ships cruiser size and larger, Matsu and Tachibana-class escorts. 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun Anti-aircraft gun used in older carriers and some cruisers.
BL 15-inch Mk I naval guns firing, interwar view of a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship - the right-hand gun in each turret has just fired and the degree of recoil is evident. The BL 15-inch Mark I gun proved its effectiveness at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, scoring hits out to 19,500 yards (17,800 m), a record for naval gunnery at that time. [10]