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As such, the 18-inch torpedoes were designated as 45 cm torpedoes. Japanese torpedoes have usually conformed to the 45 cm (17.7-inch or 18-inch), the 53 cm (21-inch), and the 61 cm (24-inch) calibers. [1] The Japanese type designation scheme has mostly used three different approaches.
A 45 cm version of this torpedo was also procured. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Aerial Torpedo Prototype [15] The first ever Japanese attempt at an aerial torpedo, constructed as a prototype in 1916. A 14-inch Ho Type 32, which had been shortened and reinforced by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.
As such, the 21-inch torpedoes were designated as 53 cm torpedoes. Japanese torpedoes have usually conformed to the 45 cm (17.7-inch or 18-inch), the 53 cm (21-inch), and the 61 cm (24-inch) calibers. [2] The Japanese type designation scheme has mostly used three different approaches.
There have been a number of 18-inch torpedoes in service with the United States. These have been used on ships and submarines of the US Navy . American "18-inch" torpedoes were actually 17.7 inches (45 cm) in diameter, beginning with the "Fiume" Whitehead torpedo of 1890.
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 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 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.
9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz German Empire: World War I 105: 10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M15 Austria-Hungary: World War I 105: 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 Nazi Germany: World War II: 106.7: Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar United Kingdom: World War II, Korea 107: 4.2-inch mortars M2 and M30 United States: World War II, Korea, Vietnam 140: 14 cm ...