14-inch/45-caliber gun - Wikipedia
They were the first 14-inch (356 mm) guns to be employed by the United States Navy. The 14-inch/45-caliber guns were installed as the primary armament aboard all of the United States Navy's New York -class, Nevada -class, and Pennsylvania -class battleships.
14-inch (35.6 cm) Mark VII - NavWeaps
The shell room ring could either be coupled to the ship or to the revolving stalk. When coupled to the ship, the shell ring was driven by a 24 bhp hydraulic engine that was connected via a flexible coupling, friction clutch, worm gear and pinions with allowance for eccentricity and a rise and fall of up to 1 inch (25 mm) of the ring in ...
14-inch/50-caliber gun - Wikipedia
The 14-inch (356mm), 50 caliber [2] gun was the weapon chosen as the main armament on the Lexington -class battlecruiser when they were originally designed, but it was later switched to the 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun in a 1917 redesign.
List of naval guns by caliber - Wikipedia
This is a list of naval guns of all countries ordered by caliber. See also. List of artillery. List of the largest cannon by caliber. Glossary of British ordnance terms. References. External links. NAVWEAPS - Naval weapons of the world, 1880 to today (retrieved 2010-02-01) Categories: Naval artillery. Lists of artillery.
USA 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark 7, Mark 11 and Mark B - NavWeaps
The Mark 7 was a remanufactured 14"/50 (35.6 cm) Mark 4 with a smaller chamber, a shell centering cone, a single-slope band seat, uniform rifling and a tube locking ring. The Mark 11 was the Mark 7 with the addition of chromium plating to the bore.
USA 14"/45 (35.6 cm) Marks 1, 2, 3 and 5 - NavWeaps
May 26, 2023 · A lower hoist, powered by a 10 hp motor, ran between the lower shell handling room and an upper shell handling room located within the rotating structure. This upper handling room held 15 projectiles per gun.
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Nov 27, 2020 · It was not until the Colorado-class battleships, with their 16″/45cal guns firing a 2,100-pound shell to 40,000 yards, that the sea service managed to turn the tables in 1921. In the 1950s, all of the M1907s were removed from Army service, leaving only …
BL 14in (356mm) Gun Mk.III railway gun - Weapons Parade
BL 14in (356mm) Gun Mk.III railway gun. In 1916, the British Army considered the need to have railway guns of wider range than the 12in (305mm) in service. At that time, the Elswick company was finishing the construction of several “BL 14in (356mm) Gun Mk.III” type naval guns for the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Fuso class battleships, but ...
14 inch/45 Mk.8 (356 mm) - War Thunder Wiki
The 14 inch/45 Mk.8 was designed to be a versatile weapon, capable of engaging a variety of targets. Its high muzzle velocity and heavy shell made it ideal for engaging other warships, but it was also effective against land-based targets such as fortifications and coastal batteries.
Tirpitz replaces Scharnhorst at North Cape - NavWeaps Forums
Jan 20, 2024 · Later, a 356mm shell and/or some incidental damage to her machinery, would reduce speed, and seal her fate. Only variation of the main (base historical) scenario would happen if some other unit(s) would actuallly work in conjunction with Tirpitz (a cruiser, soem destroyers ?), allowing the battleship's heavy guns to actually be meaningfull.