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Low-angle 3 inch/50-caliber guns (Marks 3, 5, 6, and 19) were originally mounted on ships built from the early 1900s through the early 1920s and were carried by submarines, auxiliaries, and merchant ships during the Second World War. These guns fired the same 2,700-foot-per-second (820 m/s) ammunition used by the following dual-purpose Marks ...
16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun United States: World War II - Cold War 406 mm (16.0 in) 406 mm/50 (16") B-37 Pattern 1937 Soviet Union: World War II 406 mm (15.98 in) 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 & 3 gun United States: 1920s - World War II 410 mm (16.14 in) 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun Japan: World War II 412.8 mm (16.25 in) BL 16.25 inch Mk I naval gun
Technical specifications. The GAU-19/A is designed to accept standard NATO .50 caliber M9-linked ammunition. The rate of fire is selectable to be either 1,000 or 2,000 rounds per minute. The Humvee armament kit version fires at 1,300 rounds per minute. The average recoil force when firing is 382 lb/ft, 495 lb/ft or 629 lb/ft depending on firing ...
A cutaway from a 3.8-inch gun manual, showing the internal design very similar to the 3-inch gun. 3-inch Gun, Model of 1904. New breech mechanism. 3-inch Gun, Model of 1905. Similar to the Model of 1904, except made about 50 lb (23 kg) lighter by reduction of the outside diameters of the gun and modification of the clip hoop that secures the ...
The 3"/70 Mark 26 Gun was a US post war naval anti-aircraft gun. Developed as a joint project with the United Kingdom, which called it the QF 3-inch Mark N1 gun, it had a water-cooled barrel combined with an automatic loader to deliver high rates of fire. The gun design was based on experience defending United States warships from Japanese ...
Dual linked and linkless, 24 volts. The Bushmaster III is a 35 mm automatic/semi-automatic cannon designed and built by Alliant Techsystems, based on the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster. The weapon has been selected as primary armament for the CV9035 export versions of the CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) currently in service with the Danish, Dutch ...
A 3-inch gun is a gun with a 3-inch bore. Examples include: 3-inch M1902 field gun also M1904, M1905. 3-inch gun M1903 - US coast defense gun, also M1898, M1902 seacoast gun. 3"/50 caliber gun - US dual purpose naval gun. 3"/23 caliber gun - US dual purpose naval gun. QF 3 inch 20 cwt - British anti-aircraft gun.
All 3-inch/50 cal gun mounts were removed, and the after superstructure was used for the DASH's hangar and flight deck, with two new triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes for the 12.75-inch Mk.44 torpedo [3] placed just behind the rear funnel. This modernization was designed to extend the life of the destroyer by at least eight years.