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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
Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun - Gun used on older destroyers. 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun - Akizuki-class destroyer , aircraft carrier Taihō, Ōyodo. 8 cm/60 Type 98 naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on Agano-class cruisers. 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on many Japanese ships built between 1910 and 1930.
2 List of naval guns by caliber size. 3 Naval anti-aircraft guns. 4 See also. 5 References. 6 External links. ... List of Naval Guns by country of origin List of ...
While modern firearms are generally referred to by the name of the cartridge the gun is chambered for, they are still categorized together based on bore diameter. [citation needed] For example, a firearm might be described as a "30 caliber rifle", which could accommodate any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) projectile; or as a "22 rimfire", referring to any ...
The Mark 6 gun was not as heavy as the Mark 7, which helped both battleship classes to conform to the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty. However, the two treaty-era battleships fired their shells at a lower muzzle velocity, which made their plunging fire superior to that of the 16"/50 caliber gun.
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.The 38-caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun.
BL 16-inch Mark IV naval gun [30] Naval gun (experimental prototype; never installed to a ship) 1943 United Kingdom: 1 partial protype made; one BL 16-inch Mark III naval gun was converted into a partial prototype of BL 16-inch Mark IV naval gun; this partial prototype was experimentally fired; never used in combat 406 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun
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.