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15,5 cm bandkanon 1 (15,5 cm bkan 1, pronounced "b-kan"), meaning "15.5 cm (6.1 in) tracked cannon 1", [1] was a Swedish self-propelled artillery vehicle in use with the Swedish Army from 1967 to 2003, developed by Aktiebolaget Bofors.
13 cm = 1.3 dm – body length of a Goliath birdeater; 15 cm = 1.5 dm – approximate size of largest beetle species; 19 cm = 1.9 dm – length of a banana; 26.3 cm = 2.6 dm – length of average male human foot; 29.98 cm = 2.998 dm – distance light in vacuum travels in one nanosecond; 30 cm = 3.0 dm – maximum leg length of a Goliath birdeater
12 cm kan M/94 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1894) Sweden-Norway: 1890s - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm kan M/11 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1911) Sweden: World War I - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm kan M/24 (Bofors 12 cm naval gun L/45 model 1924) Sweden: Interwar - Cold War 120 mm (4.7 in) Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50
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 ...
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. When the turrets and the guns were mounted, each weighed 2,510 tons, which is about ...
The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although Tone-class cruisers carried eight while Furutaka and Aoba-class cruisers carried six. After modernization, Akagi and Kaga carried only six, divided in three casemates per side, after the removal (during the 1935 reconstruction) of the four guns in two turrets on both ships placed on the ...
The 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun is a 41-centimeter (16.1 in) breech-loading naval gun designed during World War I for the Imperial Japanese Navy.It served as the primary armament in the Nagato-class dreadnoughts completed after the end of the war and in coast defense mountings.
Three versions of this breech-loading rifled naval gun were produced, the 6-inch/47 Mark 16 Mod 0, the 6-inch/47 Mark 16 Mod 1, and 6-inch/47 Mark 17. "6-inch /47" refers to a bore diameter (caliber) of 6 inches (152 mm) and a bore length of 47 calibers (ie 47 × 6 inch; 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 metres).