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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. The last active ship to use the gun was the Peruvian Navy cruiser BAP Almirante Grau and was the largest naval gun still in active service prior to the commissioning of USS Zumwalt in ...
12 cm/12 short naval gun Japan: World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun Japan: World War I - World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun Japan: World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun Japan: World War II 120 mm (4.7 in) BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun Mk I, Mk II 45-caliber
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 large-caliber guns were designed to fire either an armor-piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work, and a high-explosive round for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment. The North Carolina and South Dakota classes could also fire the 2,700-pound Mark 8 shell with the 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun , although with a ...
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. After the start of World War II, the gun was again relined to 18" and tested with a new Super Heavy Shell. The gun in its final form is currently displayed at the Dahlgren Naval ...
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.
It advised to use guns of 15 cm, 21 cm, and 27 cm caliber, as well as a 21 cm mortar. [10] The Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement and the Navy Ministry approved the advice, but changed the 27 cm caliber to a 28 cm caliber. This caliber was really 27.94 cm, i.e. 11 inch rounded to 28 cm. [5]
The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. [1] Only the Second-World-War Japanese 46 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, 18.1 inches (46 cm), but it fired a lighter shell. The gun was a scaled-up version of the BL 15 inch ...