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''"The older main gun for small vessels. Equipped as standard weapon on old destroyers. Both loading and rotation was hand-operated, but with its simple construction and low cost, it served a long time as main weapon of destroyers and escorts. Not intended for anti-air firing."'' | ''"The older main gun for small vessels. Equipped as standard weapon on old destroyers. Both loading and rotation was hand-operated, but with its simple construction and low cost, it served a long time as main weapon of destroyers and escorts. Not intended for anti-air firing."'' | ||
| − | This gun's basic structure is based on British QF 4.7in. Mk.IV gun, which later producted domestically in Japan. The barrel of this gun was later mounted to high-angle mounting and served as AA guns for early Japanese heavy cruisers (ie. Furutaka-class to Takao-class. Both classes had its AA gun changed for [[12.7cm Twin High-angle Mount|12.7cm twin]] afterward, but Chokai alone was equipped with 12cm single throughout her career). | + | This gun's basic structure is based on British [[wikipedia:QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV|QF 4.7in. Mk.IV gun]], which later producted domestically in Japan. The barrel of this gun was later mounted to high-angle mounting and served as AA guns for early Japanese heavy cruisers (ie. Furutaka-class to Takao-class. Both classes had its AA gun changed for [[12.7cm Twin High-angle Mount|12.7cm twin]] afterward, but Chokai alone was equipped with 12cm single throughout her career). |
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Revision as of 12:20, 22 April 2015
Introduction
旧型の小型砲です。
旧型駆逐艦に標準的主砲として搭載されました。
装填・操砲も人力ですが、シンプルな構造で経済性も高く、駆逐艦や海防艦等の主砲として、長く使われました。
対空射撃には不向きです。
"The older main gun for small vessels. Equipped as standard weapon on old destroyers. Both loading and rotation was hand-operated, but with its simple construction and low cost, it served a long time as main weapon of destroyers and escorts. Not intended for anti-air firing."
This gun's basic structure is based on British QF 4.7in. Mk.IV gun, which later producted domestically in Japan. The barrel of this gun was later mounted to high-angle mounting and served as AA guns for early Japanese heavy cruisers (ie. Furutaka-class to Takao-class. Both classes had its AA gun changed for 12.7cm twin afterward, but Chokai alone was equipped with 12cm single throughout her career).
Note
Buildable
See Also
12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun