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The 3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3 was an American anti-aircraft gun which served throughout the 1930s and into early World War II. [2] Developed from the earlier 3-inch M1917 and 3-inch M1918 guns, it was in the process of being replaced by the time of the US entry into World War II, but was subsequently adapted into an anti-tank gun role, both free-standing (as the 3-inch M5) and in a self ...
The gun was essentially an unmodified 3-inch M1903 (76.2 mm L/55) coastal-defense gun barrel on a new fixed mount allowing it to be aimed to high elevations. [3] [5] A number were used during World War I on fixed mountings; 116 were completed by April 1919.
The 3-inch/23-caliber gun (spoken "three-inch-twenty-three-caliber") was the standard anti-aircraft gun for United States destroyers through World War I and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 23 calibers long (barrel length is 3" × 23 = 69" or 1.75 meters.) [1]
76 mm artillery includes 3 Inch and Russian 30 line calibre weapons, which are actually 76.2 mm. They were typically called 12-pounders or 13-pounders by the British based on the weight of the shell. They were typically called 12-pounders or 13-pounders by the British based on the weight of the shell.
from 1937: 3 twin 8.0-inch (re-bored) type E 55° Aoba-class heavy cruisers: Aoba, Kinugasa. till 1938: 3 twin 7.9-inch type C 40° from 1938: 3 twin 8.0-inch type C 40° Myoko-class heavy cruisers: Myoko, Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro. till 1934: 5 twin 7.9-inch type D 40° from 1934: 5 twin 8.0-inch type D 40° Takao-class heavy cruisers Takao ...
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -Democratic states' attorneys general launched a legal bid this week to defend Biden administration policies on immigration, the environment and guns, just days before Donald ...
The closest Allied counterpart to the 3.7 cm Flak series was the 40 mm Bofors L/60, which was designated the "4 cm Flak 28" in German service. The Bofors fired a larger shell of 900 g (32 oz), as opposed to around 650 g (23 oz), at a slightly higher muzzle velocity of around 880 m/s (2,900 ft/s) as opposed to just under 800 m/s (2,600 ft/s).
A Connecticut boy is among four children all born with severe childhood blindness who gained “life-changing improvements” to their vision after an experimental trial of gene therapy. Jace was ...